Labor Relations
Labor Relations provides technical and professional services to policy makers and City department managers, to advance effective, respectful and fair labor relations. This enhances the City's delivery of quality public services.
Management representatives for the City of Seattle and labor representatives of the majority of unions that represent employees of the City have worked diligently and deliberately to develop a relationship based upon mutual respect, openness, honesty, and accountability for mutual decisions. We're creating a labor relations environment that meets our respective interests, using strategies that build a productive relationship for the future. The parties have established a number of structures and statements of mutual understandings.
Consistent with and pursuant to RCW 42.30.140(4)(b), and Municipal Code Section 4.04.120, the Labor Relations Policy Committee exclusively plans and adopts the strategy or position to be taken by the City to fulfill its obligations during the course of any collective bargaining, professional negotiations, or grievance or mediation proceedings, or reviews the proposals made in those negotiations or proceedings while in progress. The City's obligation to engage in these activities related to collective bargaining is expressed in Chapter 41.56, RCW. The LRPC normally meets on the fourth Friday of each month from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. depending upon the existence of agenda items applicable to RCW 42.30.140(4)(b). In accordance with RCW 42.30.140(4)(b), these meetings are not public.
The LRPC members are:
Council President Sara Nelson, Chair of LRPC
Councilmember Robert Kettle
Councilmember Cathy Moore
Councilmember Maritza Rivera
Councilmember Dan Strauss
Tim Burgess, Deputy Mayor
Dan Eder, City Budget Office Interim Director
Kimberly Loving, Seattle Human Resources Director
Andrew Myerberg, Mayor's Office Chief Innovation Officer
Jeremy Racca, Mayor's Office Chief of Staff & General Counsel
Carpenters - Western States Regional Council of Carpenters
Court Marshals - Seattle Municipal Court Marshals' Guild
Fire Chiefs - Seattle Fire Chiefs Association, IAFF, Local 2898
Fire Fighters - International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 27
Joint Crafts Council - Joint Crafts Council
PROTEC17 - Protec 17 Professional, Technical, Senior Business, Senior Professional & Administrative Support
PROTEC17 MC - Municipal Court Probation Counselors
PROTEC17 OEM - Office of Emergency Management
PROTEC17 LEG - Legislative Bargaining Unit
Local 21 - WA State Council of County and City Employees, AFSCME, Local 21
Local 21C - WA State Council of County and City Employees, Local 21C
Local 21PA - WA State Council of County and City Employees, Local 21-PA Assistant City Prosecutors
Local21SP - WA State Council of County and City Employees, Local 21SP Seattle Public Utilities
Local 21Z - WA State Council of County and City Employees, AFSCME, Local 21Z Crew Chiefs and Supervisors
Local 32 - United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry, Local 32
Local 77 - City Light - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77 City Light
Local 77 - CMEO - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77 CMEO
Local 77 - IT Professionals - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77 Information Technology Professionals
Local 77 - Material Controllers Unit - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77 Material Controllers
Local 77 - Power Marketers Unit - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77 Power Marketers Unit
Local 77-Transportation - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77 Transportation
Local 79 - International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge 160, Local 79
Local 117 Guest Services - Teamsters, Local 117 Seattle Center Guest Services Personnel
Local 117 Evidence Warehouser Teamsters, Local 117 Evidence Control Specialist and Community Service Officer Unit
Local 242 - LiUNA, Local 242 Recreation Unit at Parks
Local 289 - International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge 160, Local 289
Local 763 - Public, Professional & Office-Clerical Employees and Drivers, Local 763
Local 763 Supervisor Unit - Public, Professional & Office-Clerical Employees and Drivers, Local 763, Supvr
SDG - Seattle Dispatchers' Guild
SPEOG - Seattle Parking Enforcement Officers' Guild
SPMA - Seattle Police Management Association
SPOG - Seattle Police Officers' Guild