I. Trim

The respondent Labourers Union requested reconsideration of a preliminary evidentiary ruling made by the Board in a jurisdictional dispute.

The ruling limited the scope of evidence regarding area and employer practice to specific types of boiler demolition.

The Labourers argued the ruling was made by a pre-hearing panel without jurisdiction and violated natural justice by pre-determining relevance.

The Board dismissed the request, finding that the panel was properly constituted to hear the preliminary issue, sufficient notice was given, and the request merely sought to reargue matters already considered without introducing new evidence.

The applicant union sought leave to withdraw its application for certification after a pre-hearing representation vote had been taken but before the ballots were counted.

The respondent opposed the withdrawal.

Applying its usual practice, the Board denied leave to withdraw, dismissed the application, and imposed a six-month bar on any new application by the union for the same employees, noting that the union's apparent support was vulnerable and did not warrant a departure from the Board's established practice.