Template revised September 22, 2016.
COMMISSION
AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Item No.
8h
ACTION ITEM
Date of Meeting
November 29, 2022
DATE: November 29, 2022
TO: Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director
FROM: Mikel O’Brien, Interim Senior Director of Labor Relations
Matthew Bullock, Labor Relations Manager
SUBJECT: New Memorandum of Understanding between the Port of Seattle and the Seattle
Building and Construction Trades Council and its Affiliated Union; the Iron Workers
District Council of the Pacific Northwest, Local Union No. 86
Total Port Cost Increase for the Duration of the Agreement: $3,640.00
ACTION REQUESTED
Request Commission authorization for the Executive Director to execute a new Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) between the Seattle Building and Construction Trades Council and its
Affiliated Union, representing Iron Workers at Port Construction Services (PCS) covering the
period from December 1, 2022, through December 31, 2023.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Good faith bargaining between the Seattle Building and Construction Trades Council and its
Affiliated Union, and the Port of Seattle resulted in a fair collective bargaining agreement
consistent with Port’s priorities.
There are currently one (1) Iron Worker employed at the Port who regularly work for PCS.
Laborers are generally involved in field fabrication and/or erection of structural, ornamental and
reinforcing steel work.
Prior to this agreement, Local 86 represented Iron Workers working at PCS were not covered by
a Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Port of Seattle and the Iron Workers District
Council of the Pacific Northwest, Local Union No. 86. Wages, health coverage, and pension,
unless otherwise modified by the terms of the agreement, are paid in accordance with the terms
negotiated between the Iron Workers, Local Union No. 86 and the Northwest Iron Workers
Employers Association, Inc.
This MOU is for thirteen months covering the period from December 1, 2022, through December
31, 2023. The estimated total additional cost for wages and benefit increases over the term is
$3,640.00.
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Meeting Date: November 29, 2022
Template revised September 22, 2016; format updates October 19, 2016.
The cost is based on an annual wage and benefit increases of an estimated 4% each year of the
CBA
1
and with the assumption of similar hours worked by each of the two current employees.
The cost also consists of the additional costs associated with an annual safety shoe stipend for
each employee.
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
December 1, 2022, through December 31, 2023.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
Wages
Classification
Current
Rate
6/1/2023
Base
Hourly Rate
(*$1.75
estimated
increase)
Iron Worker
$49.90
$51.65*
Health and Welfare
The Port currently contributes $9.09 per hour worked to the Iron Worker Health and Welfare on
behalf of each employee.
Pension
The Port currently contributes $11.00 per hour worked to the Laborer Pension Trust fund on
behalf of each employee.
Notable Items in the new CBA
• Bi-weekly pay and direct deposit
1
Wage rate, health insurance contributions, pension contributions, apprenticeship contributions all subject to the
terms of the agreement between the Northwest Iron Workers Employers Association, Inc. and Local 86; current
figures only negotiated between those parties until 5/31/2024.
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Meeting Date: November 29, 2022
Template revised September 22, 2016; format updates October 19, 2016.
• Grievance procedure
• Paid Parental Leave language
• Education and development opportunities
• Commuter trip Reduction language
• Annual safety shoe stipend
Laborer
Impact $
Year 1
$3,640
TBD
$3,640
The estimated total cost to the Port of Seattle for the duration of the contract is $3,640.00.
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS REQUEST
(1) Memorandum of Understanding
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS
None