PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 

COMMISSION AGENDA              Item No. 6g 
Date of Meeting  November 3, 2009 
DATE:    October 27, 2009 
TO:      Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Lisa Hornfeck, Labor Relations Director 
SUBJECT:  Request for authorization for the Chief Executive Officer to execute a Collective
Bargaining Agreement between the International Union of Operating Engineers
Local No. 286 representing Operating Engineers in Aviation Maintenance and the
Port of Seattle. 
BACKGROUND 
This memorandum  covers  ninety (90)  Operating Engineers in the Aviation Maintenance
Division. 
SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT 
Term of the Agreement 
June 1, 2009 - May 31, 2011 
Wages 
First Year of Contract: June 2009  June 2010 
Increase of $2.48 per hour 
Base rate for Operating Engineer $34.13 
This hourly wage increase includes approved 3% wage increase for represented employees, and
money saved from the employee group's change in Health and Welfare Plan added to hourly
wage. The rate the Port is paying per month, per employee for the new H&W plan is $985.00, a
savings of an average of $250.00 per employee per month. The H&W monthly benefits are
capped for the life of the contract at $1,000.00 per month per employee. If the second year of the
contract the monthly premium increase is above the cap, the employee is responsible for the
increased premium. The combined total of the H&W money and the 3% budgeted increase
equals a 7.8% increase for a Journeyman Engineer for 2009-2010.

Second Year of the Contract: June 2010  June 2011 
COLA between (2%  6%) + an additional 1% 
COLA indexes in the Seattle area have been between 0% - 2% the last year. It is anticipated that
second year of the contract the COLA index will be 2% or under. If that is the case, the wage
increase will be the COLA floor of 2% + an additional 1% = 3% total wage increase. The range
between 2% - 6% was agreed to for consistency with other Port of Seattle contracts and within
the industry. Although it is possible the COLA index will be higher than 2% it is very unlikely to
be significantly so. In addition, since this is a mid-year contract, any increase will be off-set by
taking effect in June, rather than January.
Premium Rate Increases 
Premium rate for Operating Maintenance Engineers (Operators in the Boiler Room) increased
from fifty-five cents ($.55) per hour to one dollar ($1.00) per hour, due to the licensing
requirements. There are forty four (44) employees receiving this premium. 
Premium Rate for employees on the Loading Bridge Crew who has an all position structural
welding/AWS license as required for the position, increased from twenty-five cents to seventy
cents ($.70). There are seven (7) employees receiving this premium. 
Benefits 
There is no change to the hourly and monthly pension benefit contribution rates for the duration
of the contract. 
As of November 1, 2009, the employees left the Port medical plan and began participating in the
Local 302/612 IUOE Health and Security Fund, to include Medical, Dental and Insurance
Benefits. The current rate is 985.00 per month per employee. The Port contribution is capped at
$1000 for the second year of the contract. If the monthly premium increases, the employees shall
be responsible for the difference. 

Summary of Changes: 
1.  Management Rights Clause added to Article 3. 
2.  Shift Bid requirement to remain in bid position for a minimum of six months, Article
5.06 
This requirement was added to provide some stability to work groups, and restricts the
employees' ability to bid from shift to shift, for at least a period of six months. 
3.  Significant clarification of seniority list, combining Boiler Shop and Conveyer Shop for
purposes of layoff and recall. For purposes of shift bidding, priority determined by plant
basis. For purposes of overtime, priority shall be determined by the work group. Article
7.05 was entirely rewritten for clarity and to memorialize the content of a prior MOU
within the CBA.

4.  Probation period increased from forty-five (45) days to eight hundred (800) working
hours. This was increased due to the need for additional probation period monitoring, and
also for consistency between work groups on 4/10 hour shifts and 5/8 hour shifts. Article
7.06. 
5.  Premium rate for Operating Maintenance Engineers (Operators in the Boiler Room)
increased from fifty-five cents ($.55) per hour to one dollar ($1.00) per hour, due to the
licensing requirements. There are forty four (44) employees receiving this premium. 
6.  Premium Rate for employees on the Loading Bridge Crew who has an all position
structural welding/AWS license as required for the position, increased from twenty-five
cents to seventy cents ($.70). There are seven (7) employees receiving this premium. 
7.  New Article added requiring employees who bid into a shift in the Industrial Water
Waste Treatment Plant to make a minimum of a two year commitment to remain in the
plant. This commitment is important due to the training required to work in and run the
IWTP, in addition to the desire to have a stable experienced work group in a plant that is
strictly monitored for environmental compliance. Article 8.05. 
8.  Sub-classification of Utility Worker rate of pay reduced to fifty-five percent (55%) of
Journeyman scale the first year, sixty percent (60%) the second, and sixty five percent
(65%) the third year and beyond. Article 9.02 
9.  Modification of Light Duty Schedule notice of five days. This allows additional
flexibility in scheduling of employees restricted to light duty to a changed or modified
schedule. Article 12.03a 
10. New Article addressing inclement weather weekend on call status for employees in the
IWTP. This provision is intended to reduce the number of overtime hours, and instead
have employees on call to respond to issues if they arise. 
11. Overtime MOU clarified and added to the CBA, Article 12.09 
12. Vacation accrual modified for longer term employees. Five week vacation accrual for
fifteen years of services, modified from 20 years of service. 
13. Health and Welfare Plan change. Savings from benefits added to hourly wage. Monthly
benefits capped at $1,000, employees responsible for any premium increase over the cap
for the duration of this contract. 
14. New Article: Sunset Clause for relying on disciplinary documents in the employee's file
if no new disciplinary conduct for twenty four (24) months, excludes finding of gross
misconduct. Article 21.02 
15. Leave without pay increased from two to five days, if management is able to
accommodate the request. Article 27. 
16. Footwear stipend of $100.00, changed from $80 reimbursement for footwear. 
Consistency with other Bargaining Units 
Agreement on the following subjects is similar to those of other labor agreements at the Port: 
Shift Differentials 
Payroll Period 
Management Rights Clause 
Vacation Accrual 
Utility Worker Rates

REQUESTED ACTION 
Request for authorization for the Chief Executive Officer to execute a Collective Bargaining
Agreement between the International Union of Operating Engineers Local No. 286 representing
Operating Engineers in Aviation Maintenance.