Template revised September 22, 2016.
COMMISSION
AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Item No.
8d
ACTION ITEM
Date of Meeting
April 26, 2022
DATE: March 30, 2022
TO: Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director
FROM: David Freiboth, Senior Director of Labor Relations
Milton Ellis, Labor Relations Manager
SUBJECT: New collective bargaining agreement between the Port of Seattle and the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 117, Teamsters, representing Traffic
Support Specialists
Total Port Cost Increase for the Duration of the Agreement: $244,261
ACTION REQUESTED
Request Commission authorization for the Executive Director to execute a new collective
bargaining agreement between the Port of Seattle and the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters, Local 117, representing Traffic Support Specialists at the Police Department covering
the period from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2024.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Good faith bargaining between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 117,
representing Traffic Support Specialists and the Port of Seattle resulted in a fair collective
bargaining agreement consistent with the Port’s priorities.
There are currently five (5) Traffic Support Specialists, out of fifteen budgeted FTE positions,
employed at the Port of Seattle who are assigned to the Port of Seattle Police Department. The
Traffic Support Specialists are responsible for monitoring traffic on the airport drives at Sea-Tac.
The agreement is for three years covering the period from January 1, 2022, through December
31, 2024. The estimated total additional cost for wages and benefit increases is $244,261. The
estimated additional cost per year of the contract is: year one, $101,913 (2022); year two,
$69,590 (2023), and year three $72,758 (2024).
The cost is based upon a seven-percent (7.0%) increase in year one of the agreement, in addition
to a one-thousand dollar ($1,000) lump sum payment for all bargaining unit members employed
as a Traffic Support Specialists on December 31, 2022; a three percent (3.0%) increase in year
two of the agreement beginning January 1, 2023, and an additional one-percent (1.0%) increase
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in year two of the agreement effective July 1, 2023; and a four-percent (4.0%) increase in year
three of the agreement commencing on January 1, 2024.
The cost also consists of one and eight tenths of a percent (1.8%) increase in health insurance in
year one of the agreement and an estimated 5.0% increase in health insurance in years two and
three of the agreement.
Other additions to the agreement consist of establishing a procedure for a voluntary employee
contribution to the Teamsters Democratic, Republican, Independent, Voter Education (DRIVE)
program; employees will be able to cash out their paid time off leave following the same
procedures of non-represented employees at the Port; employees in the bargaining unit will be
provided with a personal day each year of the agreement that has be used within the year; the
Port’s contribution to the Teamsters Pacific Coast Benefit Trust Supplemental pension plan
increased to $1.03/hour in year one of the agreement, $1.13/hour in year two of the agreement
and $1.23/hour in year three of the agreement; employees in the bargaining unit will pay
premium share for the first time under Teamsters Medical Plan B consisting of fifteen dollars
($15) per month during the second year of the agreement commencing July 1, 2023, and fifty
dollars ($50) per month in year three of the agreement commencing January 1, 2023; the Port
will comply with State law when information is being requested from a bargaining unit members
file on the basis of a public records request;
Other additions to the contract include a longevity provision consisting of two percent (2.0%) for
those employees in the bargaining unit who have been employed for five (5) years of more; and
additional duties and responsibilities were added to the Traffic Support Specialist Lead position.
JUSTIFICATION
RCW Chapter 41.56 requires the Port of Seattle to collectively bargaining wages, hours, and
conditions of employment with the exclusive bargaining representative designated by the
employees.
DETAILS
Term of the Agreement - Retroactive to January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2024.
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FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
Wages
Classification
Current
Rate - A
Five Step
Annual
Salary
Progression
Effective
1/1/22 Base
Hourly Rate
(7.0%)
Effective
1/1/23 Base
Hourly Rate
(3.0%)
Effective
7/1/23 Base
Hourly Rate
(1.0%)
1/1/24 Base
Hourly Rate
(4.0%)
Traffic Support
Specialists
$23.02
$23.93
$24.89
$25.89
$26.92
$24.63
$25.61
$26.63
$27.70
$28.80
$25.37
$26.38
$27.43
$28.53
$29.66
$25.62
$26.64
$27.70
$28.82
$29.96
$27.71
$28.81
$29.97
Employees in the bargaining unit were provided with a seven percent (7.0%) increase in wages
effective January 1, 2022, in addition to a one-thousand-dollar ($1,000) lump sum payment
effective December 31, 2022, in the first year of the agreement. Employees were also provided
with a three percent (3.0%) increase effective January 1, 2023, and a one percent (1.0%) increase
effective July 1, 2023, in year two of the agreement. In addition, employees in the bargaining
unit were provided with a four percent (4.0%) increase in wages in year three of the agreement.
Members of the bargaining group employed as a Traffic Support Specialists for five or more years
will receive a two percent (2.0%) longevity increase to their base.
Health and Welfare
Members of the bargaining group are currently enrolled Teamsters Medical Plan B. Employees
will begin paying premium share in the amount of fifteen dollars ($15) effective July 1, 2023, in
the second year of the agreement and fifty dollars ($50) effective January 1, 2024, in the third
year of the agreement.
Pension
Members of the bargaining group are covered under the Washington State Public Employment
Retirement System. Members of the bargaining group are also enrolled in the Teamsters Pacific
Coast Benefit Trust Supplemental pension plan where the Port’s contribution will increase to one
dollar and three cents ($1.03) per hour compensated in year one of the agreement; one-dollar
thirteen cents ($1.13) per hour compensated in year two of the agreement and one-dollar
twenty-three cents ($1.23) per hour compensated in year three of the agreement for all
employees in the bargaining unit.
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Democratic, Republican, Independent Voter Education (DRIVE)
Procedure established that would allow bargaining unit members to voluntarily contribute to the
Teamsters DRIVE program with a minimum contribution of five dollars ($5.00) per month and a
minimum number of fifty (50) Teamsters bargaining unit members across all Teamsters
bargaining units.
Other Changes/Additions include:
• Paid Time Off (PTO) leave cash out following same procedures as non-represented
employees
• Personal day – one per year in each year of the agreement
• Personal File – Public Records request for information in employee’s personnel file
administered in accordance with RCW 42.56.250 (12).
• Traffic Support Specialists Lead – additional duties and responsibilities
Cost Impact $
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Pay
$79,082
$45,231
$42,075
Benefits
$22,832
$24,358
$30,683
Total New Money
$101,913
$69,589
$72,758
Total Cumulative
Cost
$101,914
$171,503
$244,261
The estimated total cumulative cost to the Port of Seattle for the duration of the contract is
$244,261.
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS REQUEST
(1) Collective Bargaining Agreement
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS
None.