Representation vote directed in construction industry certification application after employer failed to respond.
The applicant trade union filed an application for certification under the construction industry provisions of the Labour Relations Act, 1995.
The responding party failed to file a response within the stipulated time.
The Board found that the applicant appeared to have the requisite membership support of at least forty percent in the proposed bargaining unit.
The Board defined the appropriate bargaining unit for construction labourers and directed that a representation vote be taken.
Universal Workers Union, Labourers’ International Union of North America, Local 183 v. Georgian Homes Inc., 2001 CanLII 18198