The employer and the incumbent union filed a joint application for early termination of their collective agreement.
A rival union, the CAW, sought to intervene, objecting to the termination without an open period as it was conducting an organizing campaign.
The applicants argued the CAW's intervention was improperly served and that it had not proven it represented employees.
The Board allowed the intervention, finding the CAW had a real interest and had presented satisfactory evidence of representation.
To preserve employees' statutory rights to change their bargaining agent, the Board granted the early termination but imposed a three-month open period.