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RCWs > Title 41 > Chapter 41.80
Chapter 41.80 RCW
41.80.001 Application of chapter.
41.80.005 Definitions.
41.80.007 Joint committee on employment relations—Members—Purpose—Rules—Meetings.
41.80.010 Negotiation and ratification of collective bargaining agreements—Funding to implement modification of certain collective bargaining agreements.
41.80.020 Scope of bargaining.
41.80.030 Contents of collective bargaining agreements—Execution.
41.80.040 Management rights—Not subject to bargaining.
41.80.050 Rights of employees.
41.80.060 Right to strike not granted.
41.80.070 Bargaining units—Certification.
41.80.080 Representation—Elections—Cross-check procedures—Rules.
41.80.083 Application of RCW 41.56.037—Bargaining representative access to new employees.
41.80.090 Failure to reach agreement—Third party involvement—Expiration of agreements during negotiation.
41.80.100 Employee authorization of membership dues and other payments—Revocation.
41.80.110 Unfair labor practices enumerated.
41.80.120 Unfair labor practice procedures—Powers and duties of commission.
41.80.130 Enforcement of collective bargaining agreements—Arbitrators—Subpoenas—Superior court.
41.80.135 Certification of bargaining representative—Cross-check.
41.80.140 Office of financial management's labor relations service account—Created.
41.80.200 Department of corrections—Interest arbitration for certain employees.
41.80.300 Uniformed personnel—Higher education—Intent—Purpose.
41.80.310 Uniformed personnel—Higher education—Negotiations—Certification for interest arbitration.
41.80.320 Interest arbitration panel—Appointment—Hearing—Written determination.
41.80.330 Interest arbitration panel—State agency designation.
41.80.340 Interest arbitration panel—Factors to be considered in making a determination.
41.80.350 Interest arbitration panel proceeding—Consent to change existing wages, hours, and conditions of employment.
41.80.360 Interest arbitration panel decision to be final—Superior court jurisdiction and review—Not binding on legislature.
41.80.370 Uniformed personnel—Higher education—Right to strike not granted.
41.80.380 Uniformed personnel—Higher education—Public employment relations commission to review bargaining units.
41.80.400 Assistant attorneys general.
41.80.905 Apportionment of funds.
41.80.907 Short title—2002 c 354.
41.80.910 Effective dates—2002 c 354.
41.80.911 Review of appropriateness of certain collective bargaining units.
RCW 41.80.001
Collective bargaining negotiations under this chapter shall commence no later than July 1, 2004. A collective bargaining agreement entered into under this chapter shall not be effective prior to July 1, 2005. However, any collective bargaining agreement entered into before July 1, 2004, covering employees affected by this section and RCW 41.80.010 through 41.80.130, that expires after July 1, 2004, shall, unless a superseding agreement complying with this section and RCW 41.80.010 through 41.80.130 is negotiated by the parties, remain in full force during its duration, but the agreement may not be renewed or extended beyond July 1, 2005, or until superseded by a collective bargaining agreement entered into under this section and RCW 41.80.010 through 41.80.130, whichever is later. The duration of any collective bargaining agreement under this chapter shall not exceed one fiscal biennium.
[ 2002 c 354 § 301.]
RCW 41.80.005
(6) "Employee" means any employee, including employees whose work has ceased in connection with the pursuit of lawful activities protected by this chapter, covered by chapter 41.06 RCW. "Employee" includes assistant attorneys general of the office of the attorney general, regardless of their exemption under chapter 41.06 RCW. "Employee" does not include:
[ 2019 c 234 § 1; 2019 c 145 § 3; 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 § 444; 2002 c 354 § 321.]
Reviser's note: This section was amended by 2019 c 145 § 3 and by 2019 c 234 § 1, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).
Findings—Intent—2019 c 145: See note following RCW 41.80.400.
RCW 41.80.007
Joint committee on employment relations—Members—Purpose—Rules—Meetings.
(1) A joint committee on employment relations is established, composed of the following members:
(a) Two members with leadership positions in the house of representatives, representing each of the two largest caucuses;
(b) The chair and ranking minority member of the house appropriations committee, or its successor, representing each of the two largest caucuses;
(c) Two members with leadership positions in the senate, representing each of the two largest caucuses;
(d) The chair and ranking minority member of the senate ways and means committee, or its successor, representing each of the two largest caucuses; and
(e) One nonvoting member, appointed by the governor, representing the office of financial management.
(2) The committee shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson.
(3) The governor or a designee shall convene meetings of the committee. The committee must meet at least six times, generally every two months, for the purpose of consulting with the governor or the governor's designee and institutions of higher education on matters related to collective bargaining with state employees conducted under the authority of this chapter and chapters 41.56, 47.64, and 74.39A RCW. The governor or the governor's designee or the institution of higher education may not share internal bargaining notes.
(4) In years when master collective bargaining agreements are negotiated, the committee must meet prior to the start of bargaining to identify goals and objectives for public employee collective bargaining that the governor may take into consideration during negotiations.
(5) One meeting must be convened following the governor's budget submittal to the legislature to consult with the committee regarding the appropriations necessary to implement the compensation and fringe benefit provisions in the master collective bargaining agreements and to advise the committee on the elements of the agreements and on any legislation necessary to implement the agreements.
(6) The committee shall, by a majority of the members, adopt rules to govern its conduct as may be necessary or appropriate, including reasonable procedures for calling and conducting meetings of the committee, ensuring reasonable advance notice of each meeting, and providing for the right of the public to attend each such meeting with enumerated exceptions designed to protect the public's interest, the privacy of individuals, and confidential information used or to be used in collective bargaining, including the specific details of bargaining proposals.
(7) The committee may, by a majority of the members, meet more or less frequently. A quorum of the joint committee is not required for the meeting to take place. Meetings may take place by conference telephone or similar communications equipment so that all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation by that method constitutes presence in person at a meeting.
[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 23 § 2.]
(7)(a) For the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium, the legislature may approve funding for a collective bargaining agreement negotiated by a higher education institution and the Washington federation of state employees and ratified by the exclusive bargaining representative before final legislative action on the omnibus appropriations act by the sitting legislature.
(b) Subsection (3)(a) and (b) of this section do not apply to requests for funding made pursuant to this subsection.
[ 2019 c 415 § 961; 2019 c 145 § 4; 2017 3rd sp.s. c 23 § 3; 2016 sp.s. c 36 § 923; 2013 2nd sp.s. c 4 § 971. Prior: 2011 1st sp.s. c 50 § 938; 2011 c 344 § 1; 2010 c 104 § 1; 2002 c 354 § 302.]
Reviser's note: This section was amended by 2019 c 145 § 4 and by 2019 c 415 § 961, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).
RCW 41.80.040
Management rights—Not subject to bargaining.
(1) The functions and programs of the employer, the use of technology, and the structure of the organization;
(2) The employer's budget and the size of the agency workforce, including determining the financial basis for layoffs;
(3) The right to direct and supervise employees;
(4) The right to take whatever actions are deemed necessary to carry out the mission of the state and its agencies during emergencies; and
[ 2002 c 354 § 305.]
RCW 41.80.050
Except as may be specifically limited by this chapter, employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist employee organizations, and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of collective bargaining free from interference, restraint, or coercion. Employees shall also have the right to refrain from any or all such activities.
[ 2019 c 230 § 15; 2002 c 354 § 306.]
[ 2002 c 354 § 307.]
RCW 41.80.080
Representation—Elections—Cross-check procedures—Rules.
(1) The commission shall determine all questions pertaining to representation and shall administer all elections and cross-check procedures, and be responsible for the processing and adjudication of all disputes that arise as a consequence of elections and cross-check procedures. The commission shall adopt rules that provide for at least the following:
(2)(a) If an employee organization has been certified as the exclusive bargaining representative of the employees of a bargaining unit, the employee organization may act for and negotiate master collective bargaining agreements that will include within the coverage of the agreement all employees in the bargaining unit as provided in RCW 41.80.010(2)(a). However, if a master collective bargaining agreement is in effect for the exclusive bargaining representative, it shall apply to the bargaining unit for which the certification has been issued. Nothing in this section requires the parties to engage in new negotiations during the term of that agreement.
(b) This subsection (2) does not apply to exclusive bargaining representatives who represent employees of institutions of higher education.
(3) The certified exclusive bargaining representative shall be responsible for representing the interests of all the employees in the bargaining unit. This section shall not be construed to limit an exclusive representative's right to exercise its discretion to refuse to process grievances of employees that are unmeritorious.
(b) A valid collective bargaining agreement exists covering the unit, except for that period of no more than one hundred twenty calendar days nor less than ninety calendar days before the expiration of the contract.
[ 2019 c 230 § 17; 2002 c 354 § 309.]
RCW 41.80.083
[ 2018 c 250 § 5.]
RCW 41.80.135
If only one employee organization is seeking certification as exclusive bargaining representative of a bargaining unit for which there is no incumbent exclusive bargaining representative, the commission may determine the question concerning representation by conducting a cross-check comparing the employee organization's membership records or bargaining authorization cards against the employment records of the employer. A determination through a cross-check process may be made upon a showing of interest submitted in support of the exclusive bargaining representative by more than fifty percent of the employees. The commission may adopt rules to implement this section.
[ 2019 c 230 § 16.]
RCW 41.80.200
Department of corrections—Interest arbitration for certain employees.
[ 2019 c 233 § 1.]
RCW 41.80.300
Uniformed personnel—Higher education—Intent—Purpose.
The intent and purpose of RCW 41.80.310 through 41.80.370 is to recognize that there exists a public policy in the state of Washington against strikes by uniformed personnel as a means of settling their labor disputes; that the uninterrupted and dedicated service of these classes of employees is vital to the welfare and public safety of the state of Washington; and that to promote such dedicated and uninterrupted public service there should exist an effective and adequate alternative means of settling disputes.
[ 2019 c 234 § 3.]
RCW 41.80.310
Uniformed personnel—Higher education—Negotiations—Certification for interest arbitration.
(1) Negotiations between the employer and the exclusive bargaining representative of a unit of uniformed personnel shall be commenced at least five months prior to the submission of the budget to the legislature. If no agreement has been reached sixty days after the commencement of such negotiations then, at any time thereafter, either party may declare that an impasse exists and may submit the dispute to the commission for mediation, with or without the concurrence of the other party. The commission shall appoint a mediator, who shall promptly meet with the representatives of the parties, either jointly or separately, and shall take such other steps as he or she may deem appropriate in order to persuade the parties to resolve their differences and effect an agreement. A mediator, however, does not have a power of compulsion. The mediator may consider only matters that are subject to bargaining under this chapter.
(2) If an agreement has not been reached following a reasonable period of negotiations and mediation, and the executive director, upon the recommendation of the assigned mediator, finds that the parties remain at impasse, then the executive director shall certify the issues for interest arbitration. The issues for determination by the arbitration panel shall be limited to the issues certified by the executive director.
[ 2019 c 234 § 4.]
RCW 41.80.320
Interest arbitration panel—Appointment—Hearing—Written determination.
[ 2019 c 234 § 5.]
RCW 41.80.330
Interest arbitration panel—State agency designation.
An interest arbitration panel created pursuant to RCW 41.80.320, in the performance of its duties under this chapter, exercises a state function and is, for the purposes of this chapter, a state agency. Chapter 34.05 RCW does not apply to proceedings before an interest arbitration panel under this chapter.
[ 2019 c 234 § 6.]
RCW 41.80.340
Interest arbitration panel—Factors to be considered in making a determination.
In making its determination, the panel shall be mindful of the legislative purpose enumerated in RCW 41.80.300 and, as additional standards or guidelines to aid it in reaching a decision, shall take into consideration the following factors:
[ 2019 c 234 § 7.]
RCW 41.80.350
Interest arbitration panel proceeding—Consent to change existing wages, hours, and conditions of employment.
During the pendency of the proceedings before the arbitration panel, existing wages, hours, and other conditions of employment shall not be changed by action of either party without the consent of the other but a party may so consent without prejudice to his rights or position under RCW 41.80.310 through 41.80.370.
[ 2019 c 234 § 8.]
RCW 41.80.360
Interest arbitration panel decision to be final—Superior court jurisdiction and review—Not binding on legislature.
(1) If the representative of either or both the uniformed personnel and the employer refuse to submit to the procedures set forth in RCW 41.80.310 and 41.80.320, the parties, or the commission on its own motion, may invoke the jurisdiction of the superior court for the county in which the labor dispute exists and such court shall have jurisdiction to issue an appropriate order. A failure to obey such order may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof.
[ 2019 c 234 § 9.]
RCW 41.80.370
Uniformed personnel—Higher education—Right to strike not granted.
The right of uniformed personnel to engage in any strike, work slowdown, or stoppage is not granted. An employee organization recognized as the exclusive bargaining representative of uniformed personnel subject to this chapter that willfully disobeys a lawful order of enforcement by a superior court pursuant to this section and RCW 41.80.360, or willfully offers resistance to such order, whether by strike or otherwise, is in contempt of court as provided in chapter 7.21 RCW. An employer that willfully disobeys a lawful order of enforcement by a superior court pursuant to RCW 41.80.360 or willfully offers resistance to such order is in contempt of court as provided in chapter 7.21 RCW.
[ 2019 c 234 § 10.]
RCW 41.80.380
Uniformed personnel—Higher education—Public employment relations commission to review bargaining units.
(1) By January 1, 2020, the public employment relations commission shall review the appropriateness of the bargaining units that consist of or include uniformed personnel and exist on July 28, 2019. If the commission determines that an existing bargaining unit is not appropriate pursuant to RCW 41.80.070, the commission may modify the unit.
(2) The exclusive bargaining representatives certified to represent the bargaining units that consist of or include uniformed personnel and exist on July 28, 2019, shall continue as the exclusive bargaining representative without the necessity of an election as of July 28, 2019. However, there may be proceedings concerning representation under this chapter thereafter.
[ 2019 c 234 § 11.]
RCW 41.80.400
[ 2019 c 145 § 2.]
Findings—Intent—2019 c 145: "The legislature finds that the legal services provided by assistant attorneys general in the office of the attorney general are crucial to the ability of the state officials, agencies, colleges, boards, and commissions to function and fulfill their obligations to the citizens of the state. Assistant attorneys general are exempt from civil service under RCW 41.06.070. The assistant attorneys general currently have no mechanism through which to collectively bargain for salary increases. The legislature finds the office of the attorney general has experienced increased difficulty recruiting and retaining attorneys due to the disparity in wages paid to assistant attorneys general as compared to attorneys in other public sector positions. This type of turnover is costly to the office of the attorney general, negatively impacts morale, interferes with the ability of the office to succession plan, and ultimately harms the citizens of this state. Therefore, it is the legislature's intent to empower assistant attorneys general to collectively bargain for fair wages that will foster job satisfaction and the highest standards of professional competence among assistant attorneys general." [ 2019 c 145 § 1.]
RCW 41.80.905
If apportionments of budgeted funds are required because of the transfers directed by *RCW 41.80.901 through 41.80.904, the director of financial management shall certify the apportionments to the agencies affected, the state auditor, and the state treasurer. Each of these shall make the appropriate transfer and adjustments in funds and appropriation accounts and equipment records in accordance with the certification.
[ 2002 c 354 § 320.]
*Reviser's note: RCW 41.80.901 through 41.80.904 were decodified pursuant to 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 § 479.
RCW 41.80.907
Short title—2002 c 354.
[ 2002 c 354 § 101.]
RCW 41.80.910
Effective dates—2002 c 354.
(1) Sections 203, 204, 213 through 223, 227, 229 through 231, 241, 243, 246, 248, 301 through 307, 309 through 316, 318, 319, and 402 of this act take effect July 1, 2004.
(2) Section 224 of this act takes effect March 15, 2005.
(3) Sections 208, 234 through 238, and 403 of this act take effect July 1, 2005.
(4) Sections 225, 226, 233, and 404 of this act take effect July 1, 2006.
[ 2002 c 354 § 411.]