PORT OF SEATTLE
MEMORANDUM
COMMISSION AGENDA
Item No.
6b
Date of Meeting
August 25, 2009
DATE: August 5, 2009
TO: Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer
FROM: Gary Schmitt, Labor Relations Director
SUBJECT: The Labor Relations Director requests Port Commission authorization for the
Chief Executive Officer to execute a new Collective Bargaining Agreement
between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 9, representing
Ground Transportation Agents and Guest Service Representatives.
BACKGROUND
This Agreement covers 18 positions within the Aviation Operations Department, Landside
Operations.
BUSINESS STRATEGIES
This Collective Bargaining Agreement supports the Port’s strategy of “High Performance
Organization.”
LENGTH OF THE AGREEMENT
Term of the Agreement: March 1, 2009 to March 30, 2012.
NEGOTIATED TERMS
I. Wages
Effective April 1, 2009 – 4% wage increase, based on market comparables
Effective April 1, 2010 and April 1, 2011 – 100% of Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton
CPI-W (Feb.-Feb.), minimum 2% - maximum 6%
II. Health Care
Continuing health care coverage under the Port’s plan for non-represented
employees.
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer
August 5, 2009
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III. Furlough-Equivalent
An 80-hour per employee furlough program was negotiated, but prior to employee
ratification of this contract; the Aviation Operations Department completed
business planning for 2010, which involved layoffs of 8 out of the bargaining
unit’s 18 members, effective October 2009. In light of this reduction in force, the
Department, with Labor Relations’ counsel, withdrew its furlough proposal, so as
not to unfairly burden the unit with both furlough requirements and reductions in
force in 2009.
IV. Miscellaneous
New provisions were added to this contract as follows:
Requiring all employees to use direct deposit
Adding reduction-in-force provisions similar to HR-10
Bereavement leave and extended illness leave provisions made more consistent
with HR-5
Incorporating language from a prior supplemental memorandum of understanding
regulating overtime
Formalizing past practice of providing commute trip reduction benefit
Minor adjustments to job descriptions; reopener language to modify the job
classifications
REQUESTED ACTION
The Labor Relations Director requests Port Commission authorization for the Chief Executive
Officer to execute this new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the International
Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 9, representing Ground Transportation Agents and
Guest Service Representatives.
