PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA 
ACTION ITEM                   Item No.      5c 
Date of Meeting      April 3, 2012 
DATE:     March 27, 2012 
TO:      Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Lisa Hornfeck, Manager, Labor Relations Manager 
SUBJECT:  Memorandum of Understanding between the Port of Seattle and the International
Association of Machinists, Local Union No. 289 representing Parts-Procurement
Representatives 
ACTION REQUESTED: 
Request Commission authorization for the Chief Executive Officer to execute a memorandum of
understanding  (MOU)  wage and benefit agreement between  the Port of Seattle and the
International Association of Machinists, Local Union No. 289 representing Aviation
Maintenance Parts Procurement Representatives effective January 1, 2012, through December
31, 2012. The total overall additional cost to the Port for the MOU is $16,654.60 covering all 
employees. 
SYNOPSIS: 
This agreement covers the Parts Procurement bargaining unit in the Aviation Maintenance Shop.
The group is estimated to be below market for total compensation. The total additional estimated
cost to the Port for the duration of the agreement is $16,654.60. The agreement is designed to
move the four different hourly rates in this group closer to a uniform wage rate. 
BACKGROUND: 
This MOU executes a wage and benefit opener included in the second year of the current
collective bargaining agreement. This represented work group, containing 11 FTEs in Aviation
Maintenance, certified in 2008 and continues to have four different hourly wage rates. Each
contract cycle the parties are moving the group closer to one uniform wage rate. According to
current compensation data, the group is estimated, based on the range of wages rates, to be below
market rate for total compensation. The proposed agreement is an average base wage increase of
three percent (3.0%) weighted towards the bottom of the wage scale and a lump sum payment of
$500.00 for the employee at the top of the wage scale, with a total additional cost of $16,654.60.
This proposed agreement reduces the number of hourly wage rates from five to four and
continues to bring the employees toward one uniform hourly wage.

COMMISSION AGENDA 
Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
March 28, 2012 
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The collective bargaining agreement contains a cap on medical benefits of $1,300 per month per 
employee. During the first year of the contract, medical benefits exceeded the cap, and the
employees are participating in premium cost sharing through a pre-tax wage deduction of
roughly $30.00 per month. The benefit provision will continue the second year of the contract. 
The employees will continue in the PERS pension program. 
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. 
Due to economic uncertainty regionally and nationally, the current collective bargaining
agreement, executed July 18, 2011, contained a wage and benefit opener the second year of the
two-year agreement as follows: 
Article 14  Rates of Pay 
The parties agree Article 14 Rates of Pay will be open for negotiations to bargain wage
rates for 2012. The parties further agree to begin bargaining no later than November 2011. 
The Port was legally bound by this agreement to negotiate 2012 wages and benefits in good
faith. 
SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT: 
Wages 
Effective January 1, 2012, this agreement shall provide an average of 3.0% hourly wage increase
and $500.00 lump sum payment to an employee at the top of the wage scale.
Health and Welfare Benefits 
Current contract language will remain in effect and cost sharing will continue with no additional
cost to the Port. 
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: 
The total overall additional cost to the Port for the duration of the MOU is $16,654.60 covering
all employees.

COMMISSION AGENDA 
Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
March 28, 2012 
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Budget Status and Source of Funds 
The increase in expense is included in the Aviation Maintenance department's 2012 operating
budget. It will be paid from the Airport Development Fund. 
OTHER DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST: 
Memorandum of Understanding between the Port of Seattle and the International Association
of Machinists, Local Union No. 289 representing Parts Procurement Representatives 
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS: 
July 12, 2011  the Commission authorized a new collective bargaining agreement between
the Port of Seattle and the International Association of Machinists, Local Union No. 289,
representing Parts Procurement Representatives covering the period from January 1, 2011,
through December 31, 2013.