Or. AFSCME Council 75 v. City of Portland, Case No. UC-009-20

• Decision Date: 25 January 2021
• Docket Number: Case No. UC-009-20
• Parties: OREGON AFSCME COUNCIL 75, Petitioner, v. CITY OF PORTLAND, POLICE BUREAU, Respondent.
• Court: Oregon Employee Relations Board

OREGON AFSCME COUNCIL 75, Petitioner, v. CITY OF PORTLAND, POLICE BUREAU, Respondent.

Case No. UC-009-20

EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD OF THE STATE OF OREGON

January 25, 2021

(UNIT CLARIFICATION)

ORDER ADDING UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES TO EXISTING UNIT

On December 31, 2020, Oregon AFSCME Council 75 filed a unit clarification petition under ORS 243.682(2)(a) and former OAR 115-025-0005(7) to add the Internal Affairs Investigators at the City of Portland, Police Bureau to its current bargaining unit.¹ A majority of eligible employees specified in the petition signed valid authorization cards designating Oregon AFSCME Council 75 as the exclusive bargaining representative.

On January 4, 2021, the Board's Election Coordinator caused a notice of the petition to be posted at the City by January 7, 2021. OAR 115-025-0030(3); OAR 115-025-0065. Pursuant to the terms of the notice posting, OAR 115-025-0030(3)(d), OAR 115-025-0065(7), and OAR 115-025-0075(2), objections to the proposed bargaining unit or a request for an election were due within 14 days of the date of the notice posting (i.e., by January 21, 2021). There were no objections to the petition.

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ORDER

Accordingly, it is certified that the Internal Affairs Investigators at the City of Portland, Police Bureau be added to the bargaining unit currently represented by Oregon AFSCME Council 75.

DATED: January 25, 2021.

/s/_________

Adam L. Rhynard, Chair

/s/_________

Lisa M. Umscheid, Member

/s/_________

Jennifer Sung, Member

This Order may be appealed pursuant to ORS 183.482.

1. The Board's Division 25 rules were modified, effective January 7, 2021. With respect to this petition, those modifications consist of renumbering the relevant rules; there are no substantive changes to those rules. We use the rule numbers that were in effect at the time that the petition was filed.