Board confirms applicant's status as a properly constituted employers' organization for accreditation purposes.
The applicant sought accreditation as the bargaining agent for employers in the sewers and watermains sector.
The respondent and interveners challenged the applicant's status, arguing it was not a properly constituted employers' organization under the Labour Relations Act due to alleged defects in its by-laws and their enactment.
The Board found that the applicant was an employers' organization within the meaning of the Act and that its by-laws were properly enacted.
The Board held that imposing additional pre-conditions for accreditation based on internal by-law provisions would exceed its jurisdiction, and concluded the applicant was a properly constituted organization.
Metropolitan Toronto Sewer and Watermain Contractors Association v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 793, 1985 CanLII 1109