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New members added in four regions across the state
THIRTY-TWO CREW chiefs and supervisors who work for the City of Seattle are to become members of the union after more than 70 percent signed affiliation cards. Agreement that the employees will become Council 2 members was reached on May 3.
The new members work in several City divisions, including the Public Utilities Division of Drainage and Waste Water, the Division of Solid Waste, the Transportation Department and the Parks Department.
A dispute over the description of the bargaining unit has temporarily held up the official certification, but the dispute will not prevent the workers from being represented by Council 2.
The new members will become a separate Local of supervisors. A local number is yet to be determined.
Six employees of the Washington State University Cooperative Extension’s Human Services division have become members of Council 2.
All the employees, who were previously not represented by any labor organization, signed cards agreeing to become affiliated with the union.
They will join Local 1811-CA, which represents general Snohomish County government employees.
Five investigators in the Spokane County Public Defenders’ Office have joined Council 2.
Previously unrepresented by any labor union, they have been absorbed into Local 1553, the Spokane County Courthouse local, which represents a wide variety of positions. The local numbers about 500 members.
Also new to Local 1553 are seven Spokane County District Court adult probation officers. They, too, were not previously represented and have become members of Council 2.
Elections were unnecessary in both cases. Not only were the decisions by the investigators and the probation officers unanimous, but the county also voluntarily recognized them.
Thirteen Island County Juvenile Detention Officers became part of the existing Local 1845, which represents the Island County Courthouse, in February.
The County agreed to voluntarily recognize the officers as part of the existing bargaining unit.
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