J. H. Irvine

The applicants, the Painters union, filed a complaint concerning a work assignment for the removal of lead-contaminated plaster.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board held a consultation and determined that the work in dispute should have been assigned to the Labourers union.

The Board found that the Labourers had the relevant practice in the Board area and significantly greater experience with plaster removal, and declined to sanction a different procedure merely because the plaster contained lead.