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WA Rev Code § 47.64.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations.|47.64.130 - Unfair labor practices.

RCW 47.64.130 Unfair labor practices.(1) It is an unfair labor practice for the employer or its representatives:(a) To interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed by this chapter;(b) To dominate or interfere with the formation or administration of any employee organization or contribute financial or other support to it. However, subject to rules made by the public employment relations commission pursuant to RCW 41.58.050, an employer shall not be prohibited from permitting employees to confer with it or its representatives or agents during working hours without loss of time or pay;(c) To encourage or discourage membership in any employee organization by discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure of employment, or any term or condition of employment, but nothing contained in this subsection prevents an employer from requiring, as a condition of continued employment, payment of periodic dues and fees uniformly required to an exclusive bargaining representative pursuant to RCW 47.64.160. However, nothing prohibits the employer from agreeing to obtain employees by referral from a lawful hiring hall operated by or participated in by a labor organization;(d) To discharge or otherwise discriminate against an employee because he or she has filed charges or given testimony under this chapter;(e) To refuse to bargain collectively with the representatives of its employees.(2) It is an unfair labor practice for an employee organization:(a) To restrain or coerce (i) employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed by this chapter. However, this subsection does not impair the right of an employee organization to prescribe its own rules with respect to the acquisition or retention of membership therein, or (ii) an employer in the selection of his or her representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining or the adjustment of grievances;(b) To cause or attempt to cause an employer to discriminate against an employee in violation of subsection (1)(c) of this section;(c) To refuse to bargain collectively with an employer.(3) The expression of any view, argument, or opinion, or the dissemination thereof to the public, whether in written, printed, graphic, or visual form, shall not constitute or be evidence of an unfair labor practice under any of the provisions of this chapter, if the expression contains no threat of reprisal or force or promise of benefit.[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 16 § 19; 2010 c 8 § 10021; 2006 c 164 § 4; 1983 c 15 § 4.]NOTES:Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 16 §§ 16-25: See note following RCW 41.58.060.Transfer of powers, duties, and functions—2011 1st sp.s. c 16: See note following RCW 41.58.060.Prospective application—Savings—Effective dates—2006 c 164: See notes following RCW 47.64.011.
WA Rev Code § 47.64.132 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations.|47.64.132 - Unfair labor practice procedures—Powers and duties of commission.

RCW 47.64.132 Unfair labor practice procedures—Powers and duties of commission.(1) The commission is empowered and directed to prevent any unfair labor practice and to issue appropriate remedial orders; however, a complaint shall not be processed for any unfair labor practice occurring more than six months before the filing of the complaint with the commission or in superior court. This power shall not be affected or impaired by any means of adjustment, mediation, or conciliation in labor disputes that have been or may hereafter be established by law.(2) If the commission determines that any person has engaged in or is engaging in an unfair labor practice, the commission shall issue and cause to be served upon the person an order requiring the person to cease and desist from such unfair labor practice, and to take such affirmative action as will effectuate the purposes and policy of this chapter, such as the payment of damages and the reinstatement of employees.(3) The commission may petition the superior court for the county in which the main office of the employer is located or in which the person who has engaged or is engaging in such unfair labor practice resides or transacts business, for the enforcement of its order and for appropriate temporary relief.[ 2018 c 252 § 5; 2011 1st sp.s. c 16 § 26.]NOTES:Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 16 §§ 26-28: "Sections 26 through 28 of this act take effect July 1, 2013." [ 2011 1st sp.s. c 16 § 32.]Transfer of powers, duties, and functions—2011 1st sp.s. c 16: See note following RCW 41.58.060.
WA Rev Code § 47.64.135 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations.|47.64.135 - Representation—Elections—Rules.

RCW 47.64.135 Representation—Elections—Rules.(1) The commission shall determine all questions pertaining to representation and shall administer all elections and be responsible for the processing and adjudication of all disputes that arise as a consequence of elections. The commission shall adopt rules that provide for at least the following:(a) Secret balloting;(b) Consulting with employee organizations;(c) Access to lists of employees, job classification, work locations, and home mailing addresses;(d) Absentee voting;(e) Procedures for the greatest possible participation in voting;(f) Campaigning on the employer's property during working hours; and(g) Election observers.(2) 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.(3) The certified exclusive bargaining representative is 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.(4) No question concerning representation may be raised if:(a) Fewer than twelve months have elapsed since the last certification or election; or(b) A valid collective bargaining agreement exists covering the unit, except for that period of no more than one hundred twenty calendar days and no less than ninety calendar days before the expiration of the contract.[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 16 § 27.]NOTES:Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 16 §§ 26-28: See note following RCW 47.64.132.Transfer of powers, duties, and functions—2011 1st sp.s. c 16: See note following RCW 41.58.060.
WA Rev Code § 47.64.137 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations.|47.64.137 - Application of RCW 41.56.037—Bargaining representative access to new employees.

RCW 47.64.137 Application of RCW 41.56.037—Bargaining representative access to new employees.RCW 41.56.037 applies to this chapter.[ 2018 c 250 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 47.64.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations.|47.64.160 - Employee authorization of membership dues and other payments—Revocation.

RCW 47.64.160 Employee authorization of membership dues and other payments—Revocation.(1) A collective bargaining agreement may include a provision for members of the bargaining unit to authorize the deduction of membership dues from their salary, and the employer shall enforce it by deducting from the salary payments to members of the bargaining unit the dues required of membership. An employee's written, electronic, or recorded voice authorization to have the employer deduct membership dues from the employee's salary must be made by the employee to the exclusive bargaining representative. If the employer receives a request for authorization of deductions, the employer shall as soon as practicable forward the request to the exclusive bargaining representative.(2)(a) Upon receiving notice of the employee's authorization from the exclusive bargaining representative, the employer shall deduct from the employee's salary membership dues and remit the amounts to the exclusive bargaining representative.(b) The employee's authorization remains in effect until expressly revoked by the employee in accordance with the terms and conditions of the authorization.(c) An employee's request to revoke authorization for payroll deductions must be in writing and submitted by the employee to the exclusive bargaining representative in accordance with the terms and conditions of the authorization.(d) After the employer receives confirmation from the exclusive bargaining representative that the employee has revoked authorization for deductions, the employer shall end the deduction no later than the second payroll after receipt of the confirmation.(e) The employer shall rely on information provided by the exclusive bargaining representative regarding the authorization and revocation of deductions.[ 2019 c 230 § 20; 1983 c 15 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 47.64.175 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations.|47.64.175 - Collective bargaining agreement negotiation.

RCW 47.64.175 Collective bargaining agreement negotiation.(1) For the purpose of negotiating collective bargaining agreements under this chapter, the employer shall be represented by the governor or governor's designee.(2) Two or more ferry employee organizations may, upon agreement of the parties, negotiate, as a coalition with the employer representative as designated in subsection (1) of this section, a multiunion collective bargaining agreement on behalf of all the employees in ferry employee organization bargaining units that the exclusive bargaining representatives represent. The coalition shall bargain for a multiunion collective bargaining agreement covering all of the employees represented by the coalition. The governor's designee and the exclusive bargaining representative or representatives are authorized to enter into supplemental bargaining of bargaining unit-specific issues for inclusion in or as an addendum to the multiunion collective bargaining agreement, subject to the parties' agreement regarding the issues and procedures for supplemental bargaining. Nothing in this section impairs the right of each ferry employee organization to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement exclusive to the bargaining unit it represents.[ 2006 c 164 § 2.]NOTES:Prospective application—Savings—Effective dates—2006 c 164: See notes following RCW 47.64.011.
WA Rev Code § 47.64.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations.|47.64.200 - Impasse procedures.

RCW 47.64.200 Impasse procedures.As the first step in the performance of their duty to bargain, the employer and the employee organization shall endeavor to agree upon impasse procedures. Unless otherwise agreed to by the employee organization and the employer in their impasse procedures, the arbitrator or panel shall issue a decision it deems just and appropriate with respect to each impasse item. If the parties fail to agree upon impasse procedures under this section, the impasse procedures provided in RCW 47.64.210 and 47.64.230 and 47.64.300 through 47.64.320 apply. It is unlawful for either party to refuse to participate in the impasse procedures provided in RCW 47.64.210 and 47.64.230 and 47.64.300 through 47.64.320.[ 2010 c 283 § 12; 2006 c 164 § 7; 1983 c 15 § 11.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Effective date—2010 c 283: See notes following RCW 47.60.355.Prospective application—Savings—Effective dates—2006 c 164: See notes following RCW 47.64.011.
WA Rev Code § 47.64.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations.|47.64.210 - Mediation.

RCW 47.64.210 Mediation.In the absence of an impasse agreement between the parties or the failure of either party to utilize its procedures by August 1st in the even-numbered year preceding the biennium, either party may request the commission to appoint an impartial and disinterested person to act as mediator. It is the function of the mediator to bring the parties together to effectuate a settlement of the dispute, but the mediator shall not compel the parties to agree.[ 2007 c 160 § 2; 2006 c 164 § 8; 1983 c 15 § 12.]NOTES:Prospective application—Savings—Effective dates—2006 c 164: See notes following RCW 47.64.011.
WA Rev Code § 47.64.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations.|47.64.230 - Waiver of mediation.

RCW 47.64.230 Waiver of mediation.By mutual agreement, the parties may waive mediation and proceed with binding arbitration as provided for in the impasse procedures agreed to under RCW 47.64.200 or in 47.64.300 through 47.64.320, as applicable. The waiver shall be in writing and be signed by the representatives of the parties. Regardless of the status of mediation, the parties must comply with the interest arbitration agreement under RCW 47.64.170(6)(a), absent any subsequent agreement to the contrary.[ 2007 c 160 § 3; 2006 c 164 § 11; 1983 c 15 § 14.]NOTES:Prospective application—Savings—Effective dates—2006 c 164: See notes following RCW 47.64.011.
WA Rev Code § 47.64.250 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations.|47.64.250 - Legal actions.

RCW 47.64.250 Legal actions.(1) Any ferry employee organization and the department of transportation may sue or be sued as an entity under this chapter. Service upon any party shall be in accordance with law or the rules of civil procedure. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to make any individual or his or her assets liable for any judgment against the department of transportation or a ferry employee organization if the individual was acting in his or her official capacity.(2) Any legal action by any ferry employee organization or the department of transportation under this chapter shall be filed in Thurston county superior court within ten days of when the cause of action arose. The court shall consider those actions on a priority basis and determine the merits of the actions within thirty days of filing.[ 2010 c 8 § 10022; 1983 c 15 § 16.]
WA Rev Code § 47.64.260 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations.|47.64.260 - Notice and service.

RCW 47.64.260 Notice and service.Any notice required under this chapter shall be in writing, but service thereof is sufficient if mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the last known address of the parties, or sent by electronic facsimile transmission with transaction report verification and same-day United States postal service mailing of copies or service as specified in Title 316 WAC, unless otherwise provided in this chapter. Refusal of certified mail by any party shall be considered service. Prescribed time periods commence from the date of the receipt of the notice. Any party may at any time execute and deliver an acceptance of service in lieu of mailed notice.[ 2001 c 19 § 1; 1983 c 15 § 17.]
WA Rev Code § 47.64.270 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations.|47.64.270 - Insurance and health care.

RCW 47.64.270 Insurance and health care.(1) The employer and one coalition of all the exclusive bargaining representatives subject to this chapter and chapter 41.80 RCW shall conduct negotiations regarding the dollar amount expended on behalf of each employee for health care benefits.(2) Absent a collective bargaining agreement to the contrary, the department of transportation shall provide contributions to insurance and health care plans for ferry system employees and dependents, as determined by the state health care authority, under chapter 41.05 RCW.(3) The employer and employee organizations may collectively bargain for insurance plans other than health care benefits, and employer contributions may exceed that of other state agencies as provided in RCW 41.05.050.(4) For the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, a collective bargaining agreement related to employee health care benefits negotiated between the employer and coalition pursuant to RCW 41.80.020(3) regarding the dollar amount expended on behalf of each employee must be a separate agreement for which the governor may request funds necessary to implement the agreement.[ 2013 c 306 § 522; 2011 c 367 § 713; 2010 c 283 § 13; 2006 c 164 § 17; 1995 1st sp.s. c 6 § 6; 1993 c 492 § 224; 1988 c 107 § 21; 1987 c 78 § 2; 1983 c 15 § 18.]NOTES:Effective date—2013 c 306: See note following RCW 47.64.170.Effective date—2011 c 367: See note following RCW 47.29.170.Findings—Intent—Effective date—2010 c 283: See notes following RCW 47.60.355.Prospective application—Savings—Effective dates—2006 c 164: See notes following RCW 47.64.011.Effective date—1995 1st sp.s. c 6: See note following RCW 28A.400.410.Findings—Intent—1993 c 492: See notes following RCW 43.20.050.Short title—Savings—Reservation of legislative power—Effective dates—1993 c 492: See RCW 43.72.910 through 43.72.915.Implementation—Effective dates—1988 c 107: See RCW 41.05.901.Intent—1987 c 78: "The legislature finds that the provisions of RCW 47.64.270 have been subject to misinterpretation. The objective of this act is to clarify the intent of RCW 47.64.270 as originally enacted." [ 1987 c 78 § 1.]Effective date—1987 c 78: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1987." [ 1987 c 78 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 47.64.290 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations.|47.64.290 - Toll bridge employees subject to civil service.

RCW 47.64.290 Toll bridge employees subject to civil service.Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, toll bridge employees of the marine transportation division are subject to chapter 41.06 RCW.[ 1984 c 48 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 47.64.310 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations.|47.64.310 - Interest arbitration—Function.

RCW 47.64.310 Interest arbitration—Function.An interest arbitration proceeding under RCW 47.64.300 exercises a state function and is, for the purposes of this chapter, functioning as a state agency. Chapter 34.05 RCW does not apply to an interest arbitration proceeding under this chapter.[ 2006 c 164 § 13.]NOTES:Prospective application—Savings—Effective dates—2006 c 164: See notes following RCW 47.64.011.
WA Rev Code § 47.64.320 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations.|47.64.320 - Parties not bound by arbitration—Arbitration factors.

RCW 47.64.320 Parties not bound by arbitration—Arbitration factors.(1) The mediator, arbitrator, or arbitration panel may consider only matters that are subject to bargaining under this chapter, except that health care benefits are not subject to interest arbitration.(2) The decision of an arbitrator or arbitration panel is not binding on the legislature and, if the legislature does not approve the funds necessary to implement provisions pertaining to compensation and fringe benefit provisions of an arbitrated collective bargaining agreement, is not binding on the state, the department of transportation, or the ferry employee organization.(3) In making its determination, the arbitrator or arbitration panel shall be mindful of the legislative purpose under RCW 47.64.005 and 47.64.006 and, as additional standards or guidelines to aid it in reaching a decision, shall take into consideration the following factors:(a) The financial ability of the department to pay for the compensation and fringe benefit provisions of a collective bargaining agreement;(b) Past collective bargaining contracts between the parties including the bargaining that led up to the contracts;(c) The constitutional and statutory authority of the employer;(d) Stipulations of the parties;(e) The results of the salary survey as required in RCW 47.64.170(8);(f) Comparison of wages, hours, employee benefits, and conditions of employment of the involved ferry employees with those of public and private sector employees in states along the west coast of the United States, including Alaska, and in British Columbia doing directly comparable but not necessarily identical work, giving consideration to factors peculiar to the area and the classifications involved;(g) Changes in any of the foregoing circumstances during the pendency of the proceedings;(h) The limitations on ferry toll increases and operating subsidies as may be imposed by the legislature;(i) The ability of the state to retain ferry employees;(j) The overall compensation presently received by the ferry employees, including direct wage compensation, vacations, holidays and other paid excused time, pensions, insurance benefits, and all other direct or indirect monetary benefits received; and(k) Other factors that are normally or traditionally taken into consideration in the determination of matters that are subject to bargaining under this chapter.(4) This section applies to any matter before the respective mediator, arbitrator, or arbitration panel.[ 2010 c 283 § 15; 2006 c 164 § 14.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Effective date—2010 c 283: See notes following RCW 47.60.355.Prospective application—Savings—Effective dates—2006 c 164: See notes following RCW 47.64.011.
WA Rev Code § 47.64.330 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.64 - Marine Employees—Public Employment Relations.|47.64.330 - Collective bargaining limitations.

RCW 47.64.330 Collective bargaining limitations.Collective bargaining under chapter 164, Laws of 2006 may not be for the purposes of making a collective bargaining agreement take effect before July 1, 2007. No party may engage in collective bargaining under chapter 164, Laws of 2006 to amend a collective bargaining agreement in effect on March 21, 2006. A collective bargaining agreement or amendment thereto entered into under chapter 164, Laws of 2006 shall not be effective before July 1, 2007, and may not have any retroactive effect.[ 2006 c 164 § 15.]NOTES:Prospective application—Savings—Effective dates—2006 c 164: See notes following RCW 47.64.011.