PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA               Item No.       4f 
ACTION ITEM 
Date of Meeting    December 9, 2014 
DATE:    December 1, 2014 
TO:      Theodore J. Fick, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:   Robin Romeo, Labor Relations Director 
SUBJECT:  Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Port of Seattle and the Seattle King
County Building Trades 

ACTION REQUESTED 
Request Commission authorization for the Chief Executive Officer to execute a new collective
bargaining agreement, the Maintenance Agreement Addendum, between the Port of Seattle and
the Building and Construction Trades Council. This contract has a three-year term from January
1, 2013  December 31, 2015. 
SYNOPSIS 
This agreement follows a protracted period of collective bargaining that culminated in mediation
and the rejection of two proposed packages by the union members. 
The estimated total cost of this agreement is $148,107. 
BACKGROUND 
The Maintenance Agreement Addendum is an agreement between the Port of Seattle and the
Seattle Building and Construction Trades Council and its affiliated unions. Each union is party to
a separate master labor agreement which is negotiated by the Associated General Contractors of
Washington. The Port employs members represented by seven (7) of the affiliated unions. 
Pursuant to a 1965 agreement between the Port and the Building and Construction Trades
Council, the Port pays employees of each local eighty-eight (88) percent of the wages in the
master labor agreement plus benefits such as vacation leave and holidays. Emergency employees
are hired and paid 100% of the wages in the respective master labor agreement but do not receive
those benefits. 
This agreement includes non-wage terms and conditions of employment. It covers seventy-eight
(78) regular and thirty-three (33) emergency hire employees who are members of the following
bargaining units: 


Template revised May 30, 2013.

COMMISSION AGENDA 
Theodore J. Fick, Chief Executive Officer 
December 1, 2014 
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Unit                 Regular     EH        Total 
Operating Engineers        1         3         4 
Laborers              56         18         74 
Plumbers              0         4         4 
Painters                12          3         15 
Sign Painters             5          0          5 
Sprinkler Fitters           3          3          6 
Sheet metal workers       1         2         3 
Total employees    78        33        111 

SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT 
Term of the Agreement: January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2015. 
Pension: An increase in the current pension contribution currently calculated on hours
worked to include one additional shift per month. 
Safety shoes: A fifty dollar increase in shoe allowance for the purchase price or repair of
ANSI approved footwear from $100.00/year to $150.00/year. 
Grievance Procedure: A small change was made in the provisions regarding
disciplinary time limits. 
PTO Cash out: Employees will be eligible to cash-out accrued vacation hours provided
they preserve a minimum of two weeks in their balance. 
PTO Scheduling: Paid time off assignments may be made at 6 months of employment
instead of one year of employment. 
Direct Deposit: Employees are required to participate in the Port's direct deposit. 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS 
The cost impact of this agreement is based on the estimated increase in the pension contribution
of $45,469 per year and the increase in the safety shoe allowance estimated at $3,900 per year
for a three year total of $148,107. 
This increase in expense is included in the 2013, 2014, and 2015 budgets of the Marine
Maintenance Department and the Aviation Maintenance Division. 
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS REQUEST 
The collective bargaining agreement 
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS 
None