The applicant union filed a displacement application for certification.
The responding party disputed the applicant's estimate of employees in the proposed bargaining unit and gave notice under section 8.1 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995.
The intervenor requested that the representation vote be postponed or the ballot box sealed until the Board verified the membership evidence.
Relying on Weston Bakeries Limited, the Board held that sections 8(2) and 8(3) direct it to consider only the information provided by the applicant at this stage.
The Board ordered the representation vote to proceed and be counted, leaving the intervenor the option to renew its challenge following the vote.