PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA               Item No.      4d 
ACTION ITEM 
Date of Meeting     January 27, 2015 
DATE:    January 20, 2015 
TO:      Ted Fick, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:   Kim Ramsey, Labor Relations Manager 
SUBJECT:  Collective Bargaining Agreement Extension between the Port of Seattle and the
International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 9 Representing Aviation
Operations / Aviation Security. 
ACTION REQUESTED 
Request Commission authorization for the Chief Executive Officer to execute an extension
memorandum of agreement to the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the Port of
Seattle and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 9 representing Aviation
Operations / Aviation Security covering the period from January 1, 2015, through December 31,
2015.
SYNOPSIS 
This one-year contract extension provides a cost of living wage adjustment for 2015 of 2.1%
based on the CPI-U October 2013  October 2014 Seattle/Tacoma/Bremerton and retains all
other terms of agreement under the expiring CBA including retention of bargaining unit
employees on the Port's medical plan. 
The estimated cost of this agreement is $128,576. 
BACKGROUND 
This MOA is the result of good faith bargaining and has been ratified and executed by the Union.
This MOA covers 86 employees who perform critical aviation security, airfield safety and
communications work at Sea-Tac International Airport.  The current agreement expired 
December 31, 2014.
SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT 
Term of the Memorandum of Agreement: January 1, 2015  December 31, 2015 
Wages: Effective the first day of the first 2015 pay period, a 2.1% base wage increase. 
Benefits: Employees in this bargaining unit will remain on the Port's Total Rewards
Medical Benefit program for 2015.
Other Terms: All other terms remain the same as under the expiring CBA. 

Template revised May 30, 2013.

COMMISSION AGENDA 
Ted Fick, Chief Executive Officer 
January 21, 2015 
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FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS 
The cost impact of this agreement is based on the increase in base wages of $91,313; the
resulting increase in payroll taxes associated with employee participation in the state's retirement
system (PERS), and Social Security and Medicare (FICA) of $15,395; and the increase costs for
providing medical benefits under the Port's Total Rewards Medical Benefit program of $21,868. 
This estimated increase in expense of $128,576 is included in the 2015 budget of the Aviation
Division Budget. 
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS REQUEST 
The memorandum of agreement 
The April 1, 2011  December 31, 2014 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)
between the Port of Seattle and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local
9 Representing Aviation Operations / Aviation Security 
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS: 
None