Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 47 Public Highways And Transportation - Chapter 47.64 Marine Employees -- Public Employment Relations

47.64.005 Declaration of policy
The state of Washington, as a public policy, declares that sound labor relations are essential to the development of a ferry and bridge system which ...

47.64.006 Public policy
The legislature declares that it is the public policy of the state of Washington to: (1) Provide continuous operation of the Washington state ferry system ...

47.64.011 Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section shall apply. (1) "Collective bargaining representative" means the persons designated ...

47.64.060 Federal social security -- State employees' retirement
All employees engaged in the operation of ferries acquired by the department shall remain subject to the federal social security act and shall be under ...

47.64.070 Employees subject to industrial insurance laws
Employees, except the masters and members of the crews of vessels, shall be subject to and entitled to the benefits of the industrial insurance laws ...

47.64.080 Employee seniority rights
Employees employed at the time of the acquisition of any ferry or ferry system by the department have seniority rights to the position they occupy ...

47.64.090 Other party operating ferry by rent, lease, or charter -- Passenger-only ferry service (as amended by 2003 c 91)
(1) Except as provided in section 203 ((~~of this act~~)), chapter 83, Laws of 2003 and subsection (2) of this section, or as provided in ...

47.64.090 Other party operating ferry by rent, lease, or charter (as amended by 2003 c 373)
(1) Except as provided in section 203 ((~~of this act~~)), chapter 83, Laws of 2003 and subsection (2) of this section, or as provided in ...

47.64.120 Scope of negotiations -- Interest on retroactive compensation increases -- Agreement conflicts
(1) The employer and ferry system employee organizations, through their collective bargaining representatives, shall meet at reasonable times, to negotiate in good faith with respect ...

47.64.130 Unfair labor practices
(1) It is an unfair labor practice for the employer or its representatives: (a) To interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of ...

47.64.140 Strikes, work stoppages, and lockouts prohibited
(1) It is unlawful for any ferry system employee or any employee organization, directly or indirectly, to induce, instigate, encourage, authorize, ratify, or participate in ...

47.64.150 Grievance procedures
An agreement with a ferry employee organization that is the exclusive representative of ferry employees in an appropriate unit may provide procedures for the consideration ...

47.64.160 Union security provisions
A collective bargaining agreement may include union security provisions including an agency shop, but not a union or closed shop. If an agency shop provision ...

47.64.170 Collective bargaining procedures
(1) Any ferry employee organization certified as the bargaining representative shall be the exclusive representative of all ferry employees in the bargaining unit and shall ...

47.64.175 Collective bargaining agreement negotiation
(1) For the purpose of negotiating collective bargaining agreements under this chapter, the employer shall be represented by the governor or governor's designee. (2) Two ...

47.64.200 Impasse procedures
As the first step in the performance of their duty to bargain, the employer and the employee organization shall endeavor to agree upon impasse procedures. ...

47.64.210 Mediation
In the absence of an impasse agreement between the parties or the failure of either party to utilize its procedures by August 1st in the ...

47.64.220 Salary survey
(1) Prior to collective bargaining and for purposes of collective bargaining and arbitration, the commission shall conduct a salary survey. The results of the survey ...

47.64.230 Waiver of mediation
By mutual agreement, the parties may waive mediation and proceed with binding arbitration as provided for in the impasse procedures agreed to under RCW 47.64.200 ...

47.64.250 Legal actions
(1) Any ferry employee organization and the department of transportation may sue or be sued as an entity under this chapter. Service upon any party ...

47.64.260 Notice and service
Any notice required under this chapter shall be in writing, but service thereof is sufficient if mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to ...

47.64.270 Insurance and health care
Absent a collective bargaining agreement to the contrary, the department of transportation shall provide contributions to insurance and health care plans for ferry system employees ...

47.64.280 Marine employees' commission
(1) There is created the marine employees' commission. The governor shall appoint the commission with the consent of the senate. The commission shall consist of ...

47.64.290 Toll bridge employees subject to civil service
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, toll bridge employees of the marine transportation division are subject to chapter 41.06 RCW.[1984 c 48 § 2.] ...

47.64.300 Interest arbitration -- Procedures
(1) If an agreement has not been reached following a reasonable period of negotiations and, when applicable, mediation, upon the recommendation of the assigned mediator ...

47.64.310 Interest arbitration -- Function
An interest arbitration proceeding under RCW 47.64.300 exercises a state function and is, for the purposes of this chapter, functioning as a state agency. Chapter ...

47.64.320 Parties not bound by arbitration -- Arbitration factors
(1) The mediator, arbitrator, or arbitration panel may consider only matters that are subject to bargaining under this chapter. (2) The decision of an arbitrator ...

47.64.330 Collective bargaining limitations
Collective bargaining under chapter 164, Laws of 2006 may not be for the purposes of making a collective bargaining agreement take effect before July 1, ...

47.64.900 Section captions not part of law -- 1983 c 15
Section captions used in this act constitute no part of the law.[1983 c 15 § 29.] ...

47.64.910 Severability -- 1983 c 15
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...