Board defers decision on consolidating certification applications until after pre-hearing representation vote.
The applicant union applied for certification and requested a pre-hearing representation vote.
A dispute arose regarding whether the employees of the respondent contractor should be included in a bargaining unit from a related proceeding involving Great Lakes Forest Products Limited.
The Board deferred its decision on whether to consolidate the applications under section 103(3) of the Act until after the pre-hearing representation vote, directing that the vote proceed and the ballot box be sealed.
International Woodworkers of America v. Kirouac Contracting Ltd., 1987 CanLII 3100
