COMMISSION 
AGENDA MEMORANDUM                        Item No.          4a 
ACTION ITEM                            Date of Meeting    September 12, 2017 
DATE:     September 6, 2017 
TO:        Dave Soike, Interim Executive Director 
FROM:    David Freiboth, Sr. Director, Labor Relations 
Greg Gauthier, Labor Relations Manager 
SUBJECT:  Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Port of Seattle and the International
Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 9 Representing Tour Group Coordinators. 

Total Port Cost Increase for the Duration of the Agreement:                  $68,205 

ACTION REQUESTED 
Request Commission authorization for the Executive Director to execute a new collective
bargaining agreement (CBA) between the Port of Seattle and the International Longshore and
Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 9 representing Tour Group Coordinators (TGC) covering the
period from March 1, 2016, through February 28, 2019.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 
Good faith bargaining between the Port of Seattle and ILWU, Local 9 resulted in a fair collective
bargaining agreement consistent with the Port's priorities. 
The estimated total cumulative cost for wages and benefit increases is $68,205. The estimated
additional cost per year of the contract is: 2016, $20,647; 2017, $20,425; and 2018, $27,133.
The cost is based upon an average 1.8% increase in year 2016, an average 2% increase in 2017,
followed by an average 2.5% increase in 20181. 
JUSTIFICATION 
The ILWU, Local 9 Tour Group Coordinators bargaining unit consists of 14 seasonal Tour Group
Coordinators reporting to Airport Landside Operations.  The Tour Group Coordinators help to
coordinate the safe and efficient movement of charter buses and passengers within and
between designated parking lots at or around the airport during the traditional peak cruise
season (April through September). 
1 Averages are based upon the annual percentage increase of each Consecutive Season wage rate divided by 4 
(number of grades).

Template revised September 22, 2016.

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Meeting Date: September 12, 2017 

SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT 
Term of the Agreement 
Retroactive to March 1, 2016, through February 28, 2019. 
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS 
Wages 
Current        2016*         2017*         2018 
1st Season                   $15.11        $15.24        $15.54        $15.54 
2nd Consecutive Season      $15.63       $15.85       $16.17       $16.52 
3rd Consecutive Season       $16.16       $16.48       $16.81       $17.38 
4th Consecutive Season       $16.68       $17.14       $17.49       $18.25 
*Retroactive wage payments shall only be given to those employees still employed within the
bargaining unit upon execution of this Agreement.
Other Changes 
Deletion of Credit Union participation 
Inclusion of language recognizing Washington State's new sick leave law that takes
effect on January 1, 2018 (RCW 49.46.210(b) and 49.46.210(c)) 

ATTACHMENTS TO THIS REQUEST 
1.  Collective  Bargaining  Agreement  (CBA)  between  the  Port  of  Seattle  and  the
International  Longshore  and  Warehouse  Union  Local  9  representing  Tour  Group
Coordinators covering the period from March 1, 2016, through February 28, 2019. 
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS 
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