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ITEM INFORMATION
ITEM No.
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STAFF SPONSOR: TC CROONE
ORIGINAL AGENDA DATE: 3/18/24
AGENDA ITEM TITLE Requesting ratification of contract extension of Teamsters 117 Police Commanders
collective bargaining agreement #22-031
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® Motion
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03/18/24
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SUMMARY
The Police Commanders' collective bargaining agreement expired December 31, 2023. The
city and the union have agreed to an 18-month contract extension to allow for the city to
negotiate other Police commissioned and non-commissioned collective bargaining
agreements to align timing with the commanders' contract.
REVIEWED BY
❑ Trans&Infrastructure Svcs ❑ Community Svcs/Safety ❑ Finance & Governance ❑ Planning & Community Dev.
❑ LTAC
DATE:
❑ Arts Comm.
❑ Parks Comm. ❑ Planning Comm.
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EXPENDITURE REQUIRED
AMOUNT BUDGETED
APPROPRIATION REQUIRED
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ATTACHMENTS
3/18/24
Teamsters 117 Extension Proposal
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
By and between
CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON
And
TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 117
2024 CBA Extension for Police Commanders
THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING is by and between the CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON (hereinafter referred to as the "Employer") and the TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION NO.
117, (hereinafter referred to as the "Union").
The Union and Employer agree that, with the exception of the provisions listed below, the 2022-2023
Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Police Commanders bargaining unit will remain in full force and
effect through June 30, 2025:
1. Sections 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3, are replaced with the following:
Effective January 1, 2024, the wages of each Commander will be:
Title
Grade
Step
Monthly
Hourly
Commander
ac
1
$16,301
94.05
Commander
ac
2
$17,165
99.03
Commander
ac
3
$18,075
104.28
2. Section 5.8 is amended to read:
Teamsters Retirees' Welfare Trust - Based on December 2021 2023 hours, effective January 1,
2022 2024, and on a monthly basis thereafter, the City shall pay the sum of one hundred seventy
five dollars ($175.00) per month for benefits under the "RWT-XL Plan" during the period this
Collective Bargaining Agreement is in effect, the City agrees to remit payment to the Retirees
Welfare Trust, c/o NORTHWEST ADMINISTRATORS, INC., for each employee who received
compensation for eighty (80) hours or more in the previous month.
3. Section 8.2.A (Step 4 of the Grievance Procedure) is amended to read:
A. Step 4:
Except as otherwise provided in this Article, if the grievance is not resolved at Step 3, the grievance
may, within thirty (30) calendar days, be referred to arbitration by the Union. For a disciplinary
grievance as defined by RCW 41.58.070, the arbitrator shall be assigned by PERC in
accordance with state law. For all other grievances, tThe City and the Union shall try to agree
upon a mutually acceptable arbitrator. If the parties fail to agree, they shall strike from a list of
seven (7) arbitrators from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, with all arbitrators being
members of the National Academy of Arbitrators. The parties shall alternatively strike from the list
until only one name remains.
It shall be the function of the Arbitrator to hold a hearing at which the parties may submit their cases
concerning the grievance. The Arbitrator shall decide the case based on the interpretation and
application of the provisions of the agreement within thirty (30) days after such hearing. The
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decision shall be in writing together with specific facts and rationale for deciding in favor of either
party. The decision shall be final and binding upon the parties to the grievance provided the
decision does not involve action by the City, which is beyond its jurisdiction.
Each party hereto will pay the expenses of their own representatives (e.g. attorney's fees) and the
expenses of the arbitrator will be borne equally by the parties hereto.
Neither the arbitrator nor any other person or persons involved in the grievance procedure shall
have the power to negotiate new agreements or to change any of the present provisions of this
agreement.
The Arbitrator shall have no right to amend, modify, nullify, ignore, add to, or subtract from the
provisions of this Agreement. The Arbitrator shall consider and decide only the question of fact as
to whether there has been a violation, misinterpretation or misapplication of the provisions of this
Agreement. The Arbitrator shall have no authority to make a decision on any issue not so submitted
or raised. The City, Union and any bargaining unit member shall not have a right to bypass the
arbitration provisions of this Agreement and resort to litigation or any other forum to appeal a
grievance based on rights under this Agreement.
Litigation or any other contest of any subject matter involving a Commander or the Union in any
court or other available forum shall constitute an election of remedies and a waiver of the right to
arbitrate the matter.
4. Section 3.7 is added to the Collective Bargaining Agreement:
3.7 Release Time for Union Business - Upon no less than fourteen (14) calendar days advance
written notice, the Union may request that a bargaining unit employee be granted an unpaid
leave of absence for up to thirty (30) calendar days for purposes of attending to Union business.
Upon receipt of such written request, the Employer will confer with Union representatives
regarding such request. The decision by the Employer to deny a requested leave of absence
for purposes of attending to Union business shall not be made for arbitrary and/or capricious
reasons.
5. Section 3.8 is added to the Collective Bargaining Agreement:
3.8 Union Visitation - Authorized agents of the Union shall have reasonable access to the
Employer's establishment during working hours for the purpose of adjusting disputes,
investigating working conditions, and ascertaining that the Agreement is being adhered to;
provided however, there shall be no interruption of the Employer's operations.
6. Section 3.9 is added to the Collective Bargaining Agreement:
3.9 Bulletin Boards - The Employer will designate a place at the facility that is readily
accessible to employees and representatives of their Union (with a City of Tukwila employee
escort) for the purpose of posting Union notices. The notices will include Union meeting
announcements, social event invitations and other communications from the Union that may
properly be considered as non -derogatory of the Employer, its elected officials and other
personnel.
7. The above changes to the 2022-2023 Collective Bargaining Agreement become effective upon
mutual ratification of this Memorandum of Understanding, unless otherwise specified. The
Parties' Collective Bargaining Agreement, as modified by this MOU, may be opened to negotiate
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a successor Agreement by either party giving notice in writing not later than sixty (60) days prior
to the June 30, 2025, expiration date.
CITY OF TUKWILA TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 117
Marty Wine, Deputy City Administrator John Scearcy, Secretary -Treasurer
Date Date
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