3175-S AMH DARN VANS 101

SHB 3175 - H AMD 1245

By Representative Darneille

ADOPTED 2/18/2010

    On page 10, beginning on line 26, strike all of subsection (7) and insert the following:

    "(7) The existing bargaining units of employees of the office of minority and women's business enterprises transferred to the department of commerce under this section shall be transferred in their entirety without the merging of other bargaining units or the inclusion of employees from other bargaining units.  Nothing contained in this section may be construed to alter any of the existing collective bargaining units unless and until the bargaining unit has been modified by action of the public employment relations commission as provided by law.  Therefore, the certification of the existing bargaining units shall remain.  However, the public employment relations commission may, upon request, amend the certification to reflect the name of the new agency.  Nothing in this section may be construed to alter the provisions of any existing collective bargaining agreement until the agreement has expired.  The existing bargaining units of employees transferred under this section shall continue to be subject to the provisions of chapter 41.80 RCW."

EFFECT:   Modifies the provisions that transfer existing bargaining units of employees at the Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises (OMWBE) to the Department of Commerce.  Instead of the transferred OMWBE bargaining units becoming part of existing bargaining units at the Department of Commerce, the transferred OMWBE bargaining units are not merged with other units and will remain certified and not be altered unless modified by action of the Public Employment Relations Commission.

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