
Template revised September 22, 2016.
COMMISSION
AGENDA MEMORANDUM
DATE: April 9, 2019
TO: Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director
FROM: David Freiboth, Senior Director of Labor Relations
Matthew Bullock, Labor Relations Manager
SUBJECT: New collective bargaining agreement between the Port of Seattle and the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 117, representing Credential
Specialists.
Total Port Cost Increase for the Duration of the Agreement: $191,906
ACTION REQUESTED
Request Commission authorization for the Executive Director to execute a new collective
bargaining agreement (CBA) between the Port of Seattle and the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters, Local 117, representing Credential Specialists at the Port of Seattle covering the
period from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Good faith bargaining between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 117,
representing Credential Specialists and the Port of Seattle resulted in a fair collective bargaining
agreement consistent with Port’s priorities.
There are currently ten (10) Credential Specialists employed at the Port of Settle who are
responsible for issuing security identification badges to employees with a consistent business
need to access the sterile and restricted areas at Seattle Tacoma International Airport. There
are approximately 22,000 badged employees comprised of airline personnel, tenants,
contractors, vendors, consultants, government, and Port of Seattle employees.
This agreement is for three years covering the period from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021.
The estimated total additional cost for wages and benefit increases is $105,269. The estimated
additional cost per year of the contract is: year one, $23,057; year two, $40,522, and year
three $41,689.
The cost is based upon a cost of living increase of 3.0% percent in wages in year one of the
agreement; a cost of living increase of 3.1% in year two of the agreement; and an estimated
cost of living increase of 2.5%, plus an additional 1% in year three of the agreement. The cost