Installation of storm sewers on private property falls within the sewers and watermains sector.
The Ontario Labour Relations Board determined a preliminary issue in a jurisdictional dispute regarding the installation of storm sewers and manholes on private property at a General Motors plant.
The complainant argued the work fell within the industrial, commercial and institutional sector, while the respondents argued it fell within the sewers and watermains sector.
The Board held that the work characteristics of installing sewers on private property are identical to those of installing sewers under public roads or in subdivisions.
Consequently, the Board declared that the work in dispute comes within the sewers and watermains sector of the construction industry.
United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, Local 463 v. Labourers' International Union of North America, Local 597, 1986 CanLII 1493