Template revised January 10, 2019.
COMMISSION
AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Item No.
8f
ACTION ITEM
Date of Meeting
January 9, 2024
DATE: December 15, 2023
TO: Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director
FROM: Spruce Metzger, Labor Relations Manager
SUBJECT: Port of Seattle – ILWU Local 9 Memorandum of Understanding Re: Mid-Shift
Differential
Amount of this request:
Approximately $318,729
ACTION REQUESTED
Request Commission authorization for the Executive Director to enter into an MOU with ILWU
Local 9 that creates an exception to existing CBA language and makes Security Access Specialist
shifts beginning at 3:00am eligible to receive a 10 percent mid-shift differential.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Port of Seattle and the ILWU Local 9, representing 153 Security Access Specialists (SAS)
at the airport are parties to a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) expiring 12/31/2023.
Security Access Specialists are responsible for performing regulated tasks required under the
various TSA Regulations applicable to the Airport, including monitoring and controlling access to
Security Identification Display Area (SIDA), screening and inspecting Airport Workers, their
accessible property, and all commodities and consumables being delivered to secured areas of
the airport, and monitoring and enforcing stakeholder compliance with the Airport Security
Program.
The Port and ILWU Local 9 have tentatively agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) providing that any shift that begins at 3:00am would qualify for the Mid Shift
differential. The terms of the MOU only apply to the Shift Bid that begins on January 7, 2024.
as the Parties are currently in CBA bargaining with the CBA set to expire on December 31,
2023.
The current CBA provides for a shift differential of 10% of the base wage rate to employees
who work the majority of their hours between 11:00pm and 6:59am.
COMMISSION AGENDA – Action Item No. 8f Page 2 of 2
Meeting Date: January 9, 2024
Template revised June 27, 2019 (Diversity in Contracting).
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
The shift schedule for Security Access Specialists (SAS) in Aviation Security that begins on
January 7, 2024, includes an increase of 45 10-hour shifts beginning at 3:00 and ending at
1:00pm in order to accommodate the high volume of employee screening needed in the
early hours of the morning at SEA.
COST
Annual cost of the MOU is estimated to be $318,729, based on 2023 wage rates.
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS REQUEST
(1) Memorandum of Understanding
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS
n/a
