Board consolidates seven bank branches into a single bargaining unit for certification purposes.
The applicant union applied for certification of employees at seven of the respondent's bank branches in Metropolitan Toronto.
The union requested that the seven branches be consolidated into a single bargaining unit, while the employer argued that the only appropriate units were either individual branches or a single unit of all 37 branches in Metropolitan Toronto.
The Board reviewed the jurisprudence on bargaining unit appropriateness and fragmentation.
The Board concluded that the seven branches shared a sufficiently coherent community of interest to bargain together on a viable basis without causing serious labour relations problems for the employer.
The Board consolidated the seven branches into a single bargaining unit but maintained its practice of separating part-time and full-time employees.
Union of Bank Employees (Ontario), Local 2104 v. National Trust, 1986 CanLII 1403