Template revised September 22, 2016.

COMMISSION

AGENDA MEMORANDUM

Item No. 8e

ACTION ITEM Date of Meeting August 12, 2025

DATE: August 5, 2025

TO: Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director

FROM: Milton Ellis, Assistant Director of Labor Relations

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: $342,885

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, 2025, through December 31, 2026.

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 twelve (12) Traffic Support Specialists, out of sixteen 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 two years covering the period from January 1, 2025, through December 31,

2026. The estimated total cumulative cost for wages and benefit increases is $342,885. The

estimated cumulative cost per year of the contract is: year one (2025) $143,552 and year two

(2026) $199,333.

The cost is based upon a nine and sixteenth percent (9.6%) wage increase in year one of the

agreement effective January 1, 2025, and a four percent (4.0%) wage increase in year two

effective January 1, 2026.

COMMISSION AGENDA – Action Item No. 8e Page 2 of 4

Meeting Date: August 12, 2025

Template revised September 22, 2016; format updates October 19, 2016.

The cost also consists of a three and eight tenths percent (3.8%) increase in health insurance in

year one of the agreement and an estimated five percent (5.0%) increase in health insurance in

year two of the agreement.

Other additions to the agreement consist of the addition of the inclusion of aunts and uncles and

in loco parentis under the definition of immediate family for bereavement leave; employees will

be able to trade days off; for all cash out and lump sum payments pension and benefits

contributions shall be addressed in accordance with law; the Port’s contribution toward the

Teamsters Pacific Coast Benefit Trust Supplemental pension plan increased from $1.23/hour

compensated to $1.35/hour compensated; for employees in the bargaining group serving in the

military, the Port will comply with the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment ACT

(USSERA); the Port payroll calendar will be used as an indicator of when an employee become

eligible for health insurance; employee medical premium share has increased from fifty dollars

($50) per month to sixty dollars ($60) per month effective the second year of the agreement, on

October 1, 2026;

Other additions to the contract include the addition of a longevity provision consisting of three

percent (3.0%) for those employees in the bargaining unit who have been employed for ten (10)

years or more; and the inclusion of a reopener on Multilingual incentive pay.

JUSTIFICATION

RCW Chapter 41.56 requires the Port of Seattle to collectively bargain wages, hours and

conditions of employment with the exclusive bargaining representative designated by the

employees.

DETAILS

Term of the Agreement

Retroactive to January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2026.

COMMISSION AGENDA – Action Item No. 8e Page 3 of 4

Meeting Date: August 12, 2025

Template revised September 22, 2016; format updates October 19, 2016.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

Wages

Classification

Current

Rate - A

Five Step

Annual

Salary

Progression

Effective

1/1/25 Base

Hourly Rate

(9.6%)

Effective

1/1/26 Base

Hourly Rate

(4.0%)

Traffic Support

Specialists

$26.64

$27.71

$28.81

$29.97

$

31.16

$29.20

$30.37

$31.58

$32.85

$

34.15

$30.37

$31.58

$32.84

$34.16

$

35.52

Employees in the bargaining unit were provided with a nine and sixteenths (9.6%) increase in

wages effective January 1, 2025, in the first year of the agreement. Employees were also

provided with a four percent (4.0%) increase effective the second year of the agreement,

January 1, 2026.

Members of the bargaining group employed as Traffic Support Specialists for ten or more years

will receive a three percent (3.0%) longevity increase to their base.

Health and Welfare

Members of the bargaining group are currently enrolled Teamsters Medical Plan B. Employees

are currently paying fifty ($50) dollars per month for premium share. Effective October 1, 2026,

this premium share amount will increase by ten dollars ($10) for a total of sixty dollars ($60) per

month.

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 from

one-dollar twenty-three cents ($1.23) per hour compensated to one-dollar thirty-five cents

($1.35) per hour compensated effective upon ratification of the agreement.

COMMISSION AGENDA – Action Item No. 8e Page 4 of 4

Meeting Date: August 12, 2025

Template revised September 22, 2016; format updates October 19, 2016.

Other Changes/Additions include:

 The addition of aunt, uncle and in loco parentis under the definition of immediate family

for Bereavement Leave

 The ability to trade days off

 For holidays, the day after Thanksgiving changed to Native American Heritage Day.

 The inclusion of the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Act (USSERA) for

bargaining unit members serving in the military.

 Reopener - Multilingual incentive pay

Cost Impact $ Year 1 Year 2

Pay

$ 105,523

$ 158,507

Benefits

$ 38,029

$ 40,826

Total New Money

$ $ 143,552

143,55$

$ 143,552

143,552

2

$

$ 199,333

199,333

Total Cumulative

Cost

$ oo999

$ 143,552

oooo9999

143,552

$

$ 342,885

2,885

The estimated total cumulative cost to the Port of Seattle for the duration of the contract is

$342,885.

ATTACHMENTS TO THIS REQUEST

1. Collective Bargaining Agreement

PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS

None