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Board issues certification after finding cleanup work unrelated to renovations is not construction work.
The applicant union applied for certification to represent construction labourers employed by the respondent.
The parties disputed whether three employees performing cleanup work at a recently purchased building were construction labourers.
The Board found that the cleanup work was not closely connected to planned renovations and therefore was not construction work.
Having resolved the bargaining unit composition, the Board found the union had the requisite membership support and issued certificates for the industrial, commercial and institutional sector and all other sectors in the appropriate geographic areas.
Board issues cease and desist direction against union for organizing five-minute work stoppages over classification dispute.
The applicant employer sought relief under section 92 of the Labour Relations Act, alleging that the respondent union and its officials called or encouraged an unlawful strike.
The dispute arose after the employer unilaterally introduced a new 'super-classification' that had been rejected during collective bargaining.
In protest, the union organized five-minute work stoppages.
The Board found that the work stoppages constituted an unlawful strike and that the union officials had encouraged them.
The Board rejected the union's argument that the employer's conduct justified withholding relief, noting that the parties had access to grievance and arbitration procedures.
The Board issued declarations and cease and desist directions against the union and its officials.
