5. 0 'Flynn

The applicant union filed a displacement application for certification to replace the incumbent union.

The timeliness of the application depended on whether the Inflation Restraint Act had extended the previous collective agreement or whether a subsequent document signed by the employer and incumbent union constituted a new collective agreement.

The Board found that the subsequent document was a separate collective agreement that expired on December 31, 1983, making the application timely.

The Board also declined to order a new representation vote despite the passage of time, directing that the ballots from the pre-hearing vote be counted.