Union certification application referred to Board Officer to determine appropriateness of bargaining unit.
The applicant trade union applied for certification as the exclusive bargaining agent for electronic testing technicians employed by the respondent.
The applicant argued that the technicians constituted a craft unit under section 6(3) of the Labour Relations Act, or alternatively, an appropriate unit under section 6(1).
The Board found that the applicant failed to establish a history of commonly bargaining separately and apart for the craft, and thus the unit was not deemed appropriate under section 6(3).
However, finding an arguable issue under section 6(1), the Board authorized a Board Officer to inquire into the duties of certain supervisors and the community of interest between the technicians and other employees.
The United Association of Journeymen, and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, Local Union 46 v. Board of Governors of Exhibition Place, 1984 CanLII 1075