Template revised September 22, 2016.
COMMISSION
AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Item No. 8f
ACTION ITEM Date of Meeting January 28, 2025
DATE: January 10, 2025
TO: Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director
FROM: Spruce Metzger, Labor Relations Manager
SUBJECT: New collective bargaining agreement with the International Longshore Workers
Union, Local 9, representing Security Access Specialists.
Total Port Cost Increase for the Duration of the Agreement: $3,116,640
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 Longshore
Workers Union, Local 9 representing 158 Security Access Specialists and Training Operations
Specialists assigned to the Port of Seattle Aviation Security division, covering the period from
January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2027.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Good faith bargaining between the International Longshore Workers Union, Local 9, and the Port
of Seattle resulted in a fair collective bargaining agreement consistent with the Port’s priorities.
The 158 Security Access Specialists and Training Operations Specialists are responsible for
providing security at the SEA terminals and perimeter gates.
This agreement is for four years covering the period from January 1, 2024, through December 31,
2027. The estimated total additional cost for wages increases is $3,116,640. The estimated
additional cost per year of the contract is: year one, $658,923; and year two, $1,204,147; and
year three $553,681; and year 4 $699,889. The cost is based on an annual wage increases of 10%
in year one, 5% in year two, 4% in year three, 4% in year 4.
Other changes include the creation of the Aviation Security Training Operations Specialist (TOS)
to address the growing needs of the division, moving from a footwear reimbursement to
footwear stipend, and the removal of port-provided dry-cleaning.
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.
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Meeting Date: January 28, 2025
Template revised September 22, 2016; format updates October 19, 2016.
DETAILS
Term of the Agreement
Retroactive to January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2027.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
Wages
Classification
Effective
2024*
Hourly Top
Step
(+10.0%)
Effective
2025*
Hourly Top
Step
(+5%)
Effective
2026*
Hourly Top
Step
(+4.0%)
Effective
2027*
Hourly Top
Step
(+4.0%)
Security Access
Specialist
$36.72 $38.56 $40.10 $41.70
*On the first day of the first pay period
Other Changes
Incorporated Port of Seattle’s updated EEO Language
Memorialized commuting benefits, ORCA card and ferry reimbursements programs
Switched to footwear annual stipend of $175.
Ended Port-provided dry-cleaning service
The estimated total additional cost to the Port of Seattle for the duration of the contract is
$3,116,640.
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS REQUEST
1. Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Port of Seattle and the International
Longshore Workers Union, Local 9, and the Port of Seattle resulted in a fair agreement
consistent with the Port’s priorities. This agreement is for four years covering the period
from January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2027.
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS
None.
