The Psychology Associates assigned to the Community Justice Centers in Seattle and Spokane have been found by PERC to be within the WFSE community corrections bargaining unit, and that they have a community of interest with the employees in that unit. DOC created these positions in early 2008 and treated them as unrepresented. The Teamsters, who represent the Psychology Associates in the Institutions, filed a representation petition to represent them.
WFSE intervened and successfully argued that these positions should have been placed in the Community Corrections bargaining unit from the beginning. PERC found that DOC had relied on an outdated bargaining unit description, and that these employees primarily work in the Community Justice Centers, serve on teams made up of Community Corrections members and share a community of interest with WFSE’s DOC bargaining unit. The order was issued on June 19, 2009.
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