Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 41 Public Employment, Civil Service, And Pensions - Chapter 41.59 Educational Employment Relations Act

41.59.010 Purpose
It is the purpose of this chapter to prescribe certain rights and obligations of the educational employees of the school districts of the state of ...

41.59.020 Definitions
As used in this chapter: (1) The term "employee organization" means any organization, union, association, agency, committee, council, or group of any kind in which ...

41.59.060 Employee rights enumerated -- Fees and dues, deduction from pay
(1) Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist employee organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and ...

41.59.070 Election to ascertain exclusive bargaining representative, when -- Run-off election -- Decertification election
(1) Any employee organization may file a request with the commission for recognition as the exclusive representative. Such request shall allege that a majority of ...

41.59.080 Determination of bargaining unit -- Standards
The commission, upon proper application for certification as an exclusive bargaining representative or upon petition for change of unit definition by the employer or any ...

41.59.090 Certification of exclusive bargaining representative -- Scope of representation
The employee organization which has been determined to represent a majority of the employees in a bargaining unit shall be certified by the commission as ...

41.59.100 Union security provisions -- Scope -- Agency shop provision, collection of dues or fees
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 ...

41.59.110 Commission, rules and regulations of -- Federal precedents as standard
(1) The commission shall promulgate, revise, or rescind, in the manner prescribed by the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW, such rules and regulations as ...

41.59.120 Resolving impasses in collective bargaining -- Mediation -- Fact-finding with recommendations -- Other
(1) Either an employer or an exclusive bargaining representative may declare that an impasse has been reached between them in collective bargaining and may request ...

41.59.130 Binding arbitration procedures authorized
An employer and an exclusive bargaining representative who enter into a collective bargaining agreement may include in such agreement procedures for binding arbitration of such ...

41.59.140 Unfair labor practices for employer, employee organization, enumerated
(1) It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer: (a) To interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights ...

41.59.150 Commission to prevent unfair labor practices -- Scope
(1) The commission is empowered to prevent any person from engaging in any unfair labor practice as defined in RCW 41.59.140: PROVIDED, That a complaint ...

41.59.160 Applicability of administrative procedure act provisions to commission action
Actions taken by or on behalf of the commission shall be pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW, or rules and regulations adopted in accordance therewith, and ...

41.59.170 Effective date of certain agreements -- Increased benefits during agreement authorized, when
(1) Whenever a collective bargaining agreement between an employer and an exclusive bargaining representative is concluded after the termination date of the previous collective bargaining ...

41.59.180 Employees in specialized job category -- Exclusion
Notwithstanding the definition of "employee" in RCW 41.59.020, the commission may exclude from the coverage of chapter 288, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. any ...

41.59.900 Short title
This chapter may be cited as the educational employment relations act.[1975 1st ex.s. c 288 § 1.] ...

41.59.910 Construction of chapter -- Effect on existing agreements -- Collective bargaining agreement prevails where conflict
This chapter shall supersede existing statutes not expressly repealed to the extent that there is a conflict between a provision of this chapter and those ...

41.59.920 Construction of chapter -- Employee's rights preserved
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to deny or otherwise abridge any rights, privileges or benefits granted ...

41.59.930 Construction of chapter -- Employer's responsibilities and rights preserved
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with the responsibilities and rights of the employer as specified by federal and state law, including ...

41.59.935 Construction of chapter -- Certain agreements subject to RCW 28A.150.410 and 28A.400.200
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to grant employers or employees the right to reach agreements regarding salary or compensation increases in excess of ...

41.59.940 Effective date -- 1975 1st ex.s. c 288
Except for RCW 41.59.040, 41.59.050, 41.59.110 and 41.59.160 which shall take effect ninety days following enactment hereof, this chapter and RCW 28A.150.060 and 28A.405.100 as ...

41.59.950 Severability -- 1975 1st ex.s. c 288
If any provision of *this chapter, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of *the chapter, or the application ...