8h. Attachment

Local 86 Iron Workers MOU

COMMISSION AGENDA – Action Item No. 8h_attach
Meeting Date: November 29, 2022

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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Between the
PORT OF SEATTLE
and the
SEATTLE BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL
and AFFILIATED LOCAL 86 IRON WORKERS
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT ADDENDUM
The Port of Seattle (“Port”) and the Seattle Building and Construction Trades Council and
Affiliated Local 86 Iron Workers (“Union”) agree to the following:
Whereas the Port and the Union are Parties to a Maintenance Agreement Addendum (MAA)
covering Regular Employees, Apprentices, and Emergency Employees, in both the Marine
Maintenance and Aviation Maintenance Departments in effect through December 31, 2023;
Whereas through Port Construction Services (PCS) the Port manages construction projects and
other work as assigned with the use of its’ own forces and/or private contractors, primarily for
use on jobs within Small Works;
Whereas when PCS determines to use its’ own forces on construction projects and other work as
assigned, PCS hires through Iron Workers Local 86;
Whereas PCS currently does not employ Regular Employees as defined in the MAA;
The Port and the Union agree that the following MAA provisions shall apply to the PCS
employees as follows;
Beginning upon execution:
1. Article 5. Definition of Employee: Shall apply to PCS employees to include the following
definition:
E. Port Construction Services (PCS) Regular Employee: PCS Regular Employees shall
mean those employees who have been hired by Port PCS in accordance with the Port's
required posting and selection procedures.
F. Port Construction Services (PCS) Emergency Hire Employee: PCS Employees
shall mean those employees who have been hired by Port PCS to meet the temporary
and/or fluctuating needs of PCS. Such employees are hired without the necessary
posting requirements to qualify them as a Regular Employee.
2. Article 7. Terms and Conditions, shall be amended to read as follows:

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PCS Regular Employees shall be compensated, on an hourly basis, to all regular
journey level employees an hourly rate equal to 88% of the construction rates as
defined by the labor agreements between the Unions and their construction
contractors. Benefits, provided in the Maintenance Addendum shall be extended to
the PCS Regular Employees, unless modified by this MOU:
Holidays;
Floater Holidays;
Paid Time Off;
Sick Leave;
Paid medical leaves;
Deferred Compensation.
Paid Parental Leave;
Paid Family Leave;
Flexible Spending Account;
Bereavement leave and;
Safety shoe stipend;
And other benefits provided through Port Policies for Maintenance Employees,
including but not limited to jury duty
PCS Emergency Hire employees hired by the Port shall be compensated at the
construction rate with current fringe benefits as provided for in respective area
construction agreements. This is in lieu of holidays, paid time off, bereavement leave
and safety shoe stipend.
All new PCS employees, excluding PCS emergency employees, shall be subject to a
one hundred and eighty (180) calendar day probationary period commencing with
their first compensated day of regular employment. Employees hired into regular
positions who have served in emergency hire status in six (6) months of the last
eighteen months shall be considered to have served their probationary period.
PCS iron worker employees who have been performing on-going work and who have
exceeded 180 calendar days will convert to PCS Regular Employee positions.
Therefore, the Port of Seattle and the Seattle Building Trades agree that the iron
worker positions represented by the Seattle Building Trades and Affiliated Unions,
will be converted as follows:
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The vacation accrual rate for PCS employees who become PCS Regular
Employees shall be based on their initial date of hire at the Port unless they have
had more than a six (6) month or longer break in service. In such case, the accrual

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rate will be based on the date of their return to work at the Port after the six month
or longer break in service.
The Port shall provide PCS laborers and operators converted to PCS Regular
Employees a one-time Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) lump sum payment to be
paid the first full pay period following execution of this Agreement.
PCS laborers and operators converted to PCS Regular Employees will be eligible
for the 2022 Christmas holiday, One (1) Floating holiday, and 2023 New Year’s
holiday.
This is a one-time agreement that will apply to all PCS laborer and operator
positions converted to PCS Regular Employees.

3. Article 12. Shop Stewards, shall extend to PCS employees to include that the Union has
the right to appoint one (1) PCS employee as a shop steward per craft.
4. Article 13. Fringe Benefits, items A., B., C., and D.
5. Article 26. Bi-weekly Pay, PCS employees pay shall be distributed on a biweekly basis
consistent with the payroll procedures for non-represented employees effective December
23, 2022. As a condition of employment, all employees are required to participate in the
Port’s direct deposit program for payroll purposes.
This Memorandum of Understanding is effective upon signing and shall expire when incorporated
into a successor Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Parties, extended by mutual
agreement or on December 31, 2023, whichever is sooner. Any dispute regarding the terms of this
MOU or the terms and conditions of employment of employees covered by this MOU shall be
resolved via the dispute resolution procedure in Article 21 of the Maintenance Addendum. Any
items not addressed by this MOU shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the appropriate
uptown outside agreements.
FOR THE SEATTLE/KING COUNTY BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL
AND ITS AFFILIATED UNIONS:
By
___________________________________
Monty Anderson, Executive Secretary,
Seattle Building and Construction Trades Council

Date: _________________

By

Date: _________________
Chris McClain, Business Manager

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Iron Workers Local Union, Local No. 86
FOR THE PORT OF SEATTLE:
By
___________________________________
Stephen P. Metruck
Executive Director

Date: __________________

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