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Wash. Rev. Code § 53.18.015 (2026)

Application of public employees' collective bargaining act

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Port districts and their employees shall be covered by the provisions of chapter 41.56 RCW except as provided otherwise in this chapter.
[ 1983 c 287 s 1.]

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Severability—1983 c 287: See note following RCW 41.56.521.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1985–2010 · leading case: Navlet v. Port of Seattle, 194 P.3d 221 (Wash. 2008).
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Navlet v. Port of Seattle, 194 P.3d 221 (Wash. 2008). · cites it 2× “020, including port districts, RCW 53.18.015 ("Port districts and their employees shall be covered by the provisions of chapter 41.”
Navlet v. Port of Seattle, 164 Wash. 2d 818 (Wash. 2008). · cites it 2× “020, including port districts, RCW 53.18.015 (“Port districts and their employees shall be covered by the provisions of chapter 41.”
City of Pasco v. Pub. Emp. Relations Comm'n, 833 P.2d 381 (Wash. 1992). “905 states that except as provided in RCW 53.18.015 (concerning port districts and their employees), if any provision of this chapter conflicts with any other statute, ordinance, rule or regulation of any public employer, the provisions of this chapter shall control.”
City of Yakima v. Int'l Ass'n of Fire Fighters, 818 P.2d 1076 (Wash. 1991). “Except as provided in RCW 53.18.015, if any provision of this chapter conflicts with any other statute, ordinance, rule or regulation of any public employer, the provisions of this chapter shall control.”
Ryder v. Port of Seattle, 748 P.2d 243 (Wash. Ct. App. 1987). “56 RCW except as provided otherwise in this chapter", RCW 53.18.015. Thus under RCW 41.56.020 and 53.”
Rose v. Erickson, 721 P.2d 969 (Wash. 1986). “Employee Rose argues that RCW 41.56 prevails. RCW 41.56.905 reads: The provisions of this chapter are intended to be additional to other remedies and shall be liberally construed to accomplish their purpose.”
Peninsula Sch. Dist. v. Pub. Sch. Emp., 924 P.2d 13 (Wash. 1996). “The PECBA expressly reinforces this requirement by stating that except as provided in RCW 53.18.015 (concerning port districts and their employees), "if any provision of this chapter conflicts with any other statute, ordinance, rule or regulation of any public employer, the…”
Port of Edmonds v. Pub. Emp. Relations Comm'n, 692 P.2d 814 (Wash. 1985). · cites it 2× “" RCW 53.18.015. Thus, when the Legislature eventually gave port employees the right to bargain collectively, it did so by modifying RCW 53.”
City of Spokane v. Spokane Civil Serv. Comm'n, 989 P.2d 1245 (Wash. Ct. App. 1999). “Except as provided in RCW 53.18.015, if any provision of this chapter conflicts with any other statute, ordinance, rule or regulation of any public employer, the provisions of this chapter shall control.”
Int'l Longshore & Warehouse Union, Local 23 v. Port of Tacoma, 225 P.3d 433 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). “015: The intent and purpose of this chapter is to promote the continued improvement of the relationship between public employers and their employees by providing a uniform basis for implementing the right of public employees to join labor organizations of their own choosing and…”
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