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                                  HOUSE BILL 1839

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Day, D. Sommers, Braddock, Wilson, Ballard, R. Meyers, Dorn, Prince, Jones, Grant, Roland, Dellwo and Winsley.

 

Read first time February 12, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.Revising provisions for the determination of appropriate bargaining units.


     AN ACT Relating to determination of appropriate bargaining units; and amending RCW 41.56.060.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

     Sec. 1.  RCW 41.56.060 and 1975 1st ex.s. c 296 s 17 are each amended to read as follows:

     The commission, after hearing upon reasonable notice, shall decide in each application for certification as an exclusive bargaining representative, the unit appropriate for the purpose of collective bargaining.  In determining, modifying, or combining the bargaining unit, the commission shall consider the duties, skills, and working conditions of the public employees; the history of collective bargaining by the public employees and their bargaining representatives; the extent of organization among the public employees; and the desire of the public employees.  Except that a unit created or proposed following the effective date of this act with respect to common school employees shall not be considered appropriate unless it  includes all nonsupervisory classified employees of the employer, or combines groups of employees to create a larger, consolidated unit.  A proposed bargaining unit that has the effect of fragmenting an existing unit shall not be considered appropriate.  The commission shall determine the bargaining representative by (1) examination of organization membership rolls, (2) comparison of signatures on organization bargaining authorization cards, or (3) by conducting an election specifically therefor.