UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
and
WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES

DECISION 10436 (PSRA)

Issue 1: Should the existing bargaining unit be clarified to include the electrician high voltage lead classification?

The petition was filed to clarify whether the classification of electrician high voltage lead should be included in the bargaining unit represented by the union. The bargaining unit currently includes employees in numerous trades and crafts classification, including other lead positions. The employer provided information that the petitioned-for classification is not a supervisory position and that the employer does not object to its inclusion into the existing bargaining unit.

Nothing has come to the attention of the Executive Director that contradicts the propriety of the existing bargaining unit and or class into question the inclusion of the electrician high voltage lead classification.

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By: Cathleen Callahan, Executive Director
June 19, 2009

Gladys Burbank, for the union.
Lou Pisano, for the employer.

Case 22493-C-09-1403

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