Unfair labour practice complaint regarding ratification and strike votes dismissed; termination application dismissed as untimely.
The applicant filed a complaint alleging that the respondent union violated the Labour Relations Act by intimidating and coercing employees during a strike vote and a ratification vote, and sought to terminate the union's bargaining rights.
The Board found no evidence of intimidation or coercion, noting that the union's timing of the votes to protect its bargaining rights was a reasonable business practice.
The Board dismissed the unfair labour practice complaint and subsequently dismissed the application for termination of bargaining rights as untimely due to the existence of a valid collective agreement.
Leonard Kitchen v. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union and its Local 417, 1982 CanLII 812
