The applicant union challenged a proposed project agreement under section 163.1(9) of the Labour Relations Act, 1995, arguing it would result in a disproportionate reduction in total wages and benefits for its members compared to other approving unions.
The Board found that the change in the standard work week from 36 to 40 hours, combined with a 5% base wage reduction, disproportionately affected the applicant's members.
The Board amended the proposed project agreement to increase the base hourly wage rate for the applicant's members to 100.22% of their prevailing provincial agreement rate, ensuring their proportional wage reduction matched the largest reduction of an approving union, and declared the amended agreement in force.