PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA               Item No.       5e 
ACTION ITEM             Date of Meeting    June 4, 2013 

DATE:    May 28, 2013 
TO:      Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:   Kim Ramsey, Labor Relations Manager 
SUBJECT:  Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Port of Seattle and Teamsters Local
Union No. 117 representing Employee Parking Bus Drivers and Public Parking
Service Revenue Representatives 
Total Port Cost Increase for the Duration of the Agreement: $256,247 
Source of Funds:   Aviation Division, Landside Operations Employee Parking and Public
Parking operating budgets 
ACTION REQUESTED: 
Request Commission authorization for the Chief Executive Officer to execute a new collective
bargaining agreement (CBA) between the Port of Seattle (Port) and the Teamsters Local Union
No. 117 (Union), representing the Employee Parking Bus Drivers and Public Parking Service
Revenue Representatives (PSRR), covering the period June 1, 2012, through May 31, 2015, and
affecting 41 positions, including regular full-time, regular part-time, and unscheduled part-time
employees. 
SYNOPSIS: 
Good faith bargaining between Teamsters Local Union No. 117 and the Port of Seattle resulted
in a fair contract consistent with the Port's priorities. The estimated additional cost per year of
the contract is: year one $92,933; year two $74,293; year three $89,021. 
For the first time, this CBA provides employee premium cost sharing for medical benefits 
($30/month in 2014 and $50/month in 2015). In addition, this CBA significantly restructures the
wage scales and schedule bid processes that provides for both operational efficiency and
economic sustainability in the Employee Parking and Public Parking businesses. The CBA also
includes modest increases to pension contributions and, for long service drivers, lump sum
payments and an incentive pay component that were negotiated as part of a total package
containing a number of union concessions, including but not limited to fixed wage rates with no
COLA adjustments, medical premium sharing, operations-based rather than employee-preference
driven schedules, and limits on leave cancellations advantageous to business operations.

COMMISSION AGENDA 
Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
May 28, 2013 
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BACKGROUND: 
The 41 employees in this bargaining unit provide bus shuttle service to customers of the Port's
Employee Parking business and provide cashiering and other customer service functions to the
Port's Public Parking business. 
PROJECT JUSTIFICATION: 
RCW Chapter 41.56 requires the Port of Seattle to collectively bargain wages, hours and
working conditions with the exclusive bargaining representative designated by the employees. 
SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT: 
Term of Agreement: 
June 1, 2012  May 31, 2015 
New Wages Scales: 
Bus Drivers       Hourly rates 
Entry            $18.00 
6 mo.            $18.31 
1 year             $19.06 
2 years            $19.81 
3 years            $20.56 
4 years            $21.31 
5 years            $22.06 
6 years            $22.81 
7 years            $23.56 
PSRR        Hourly rates 
Entry            $15.00 
1 year             $15.75 
2 years            $16.50 
3 years            $17.25 
4 years            $18.00 
5 years            $18.75 
6 years            $19.50 
7 years            $20.25 
8 years            $21.00 
9 years            $21.75 
10 years           $22.50 
Implementation of new rates varies depending on length of service; 
Drivers at top step will receive a 1% of previous 12 month gross wages lump sum June 1,
2013, and June 1, 2014;

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Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
May 28, 2013 
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Drivers at top step will be eligible for a .5% incentive for good performance on top of base
rate in year 2 and a 1% incentive for good performance on top of base rate in year 3; 
Employees who serve as trainers shall receive $1.00 over base rate for hours spent training
others. 
Benefits: 
Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust contribution rates of $2.76 per hour
compensated effective June 1, 2012, $2.86 per hour compensated effective June 1, 2013,
$2.96 per hour compensated effective June 1, 2014; 
Pacific Coast Benefit Trust contribution rates of $1.00 per hour compensated for life of
contract; 
Retiree's Welfare Trust contribution rate of $94.85 per month for life of contract; 
Medical/Dental/Vision/Time Loss/Life benefits under Washington Teamsters Welfare Trust; 
Effective January 1, 2014, employee premium share of $30 per month; 
Effective January 1, 2015, employee premium share of $50 per month; 
Employee parking at no cost for life of contract; 
Commuter benefit and vacation parking as provided to non-represented employees. 
Hours of Work: 
Provisions restructured for clarity and ease of administration. 
Schedule and Vacation Bidding: 
Process improved annual scheduling and vacation bidding; 
Change from a weekly to a biweekly schedule bid for unscheduled part-time employees; 
Management determined biweekly schedules for bid; 
New language to allow a limited number of "declines" when scheduling unforeseen hours; 
New option to create regular part-time schedules; 
Labor/Management review of scheduling procedures. 
Other Changes: 
Rights and obligations of the parties clarified in discipline related matters; 
Optional 3 month extension of probationary status with mutual agreement; 
12 hours of sick leave per year allowable for medical and dental appointments; 
Reduction in sick leave accrual rate for PSRR's to bring pension benefit and sick leave
accrual in alignment with drivers; 
Various non-substantive language clarifications and housekeeping changes; 
Update dated language for legal compliance purposes.

COMMISSION AGENDA 
Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
May 28, 2013 
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FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: 
Cost Impact $            Year 1      Year 2      Year 3     TOTAL 
Labor                 $49,254     $41,424    $49,842    $140,520 
Benefits                   $43,679      $32,870    $39,179    $115,727 
Total                    $92,933      $74,293    $89,021    $256,247 
Budget Status and Source of Funds: 
The increase in expense is included in the Aviation Division's 2013 budget covering Landside
Operations and will be included in future Landside Operations budget. 
OTHER DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST: 
Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Port of Seattle and the International Brotherhood
of Teamsters Local Union No. 117. 
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS: 
None.