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Application to combine full-time and part-time food service bargaining units granted to reduce fragmentation.
The applicant union applied under section 7 of the Labour Relations Act to combine its full-time and part-time food service bargaining units at the responding party's university location.
The Board granted the application, finding that combining the units would reduce fragmentation and facilitate viable and stable collective bargaining without causing serious labour relations problems.
The Board rejected the employer's arguments regarding differences in community of interest and potential enhancement of the union's bargaining power.
A concurring member agreed with the result reluctantly, noting the primary purpose appeared to be enhancing bargaining power, which the Board's jurisprudence did not treat as a barrier to combination.
Board grants certification for comprehensive bargaining unit to avoid fragmentation and combines it with existing unit.
The union applied for certification of a group of unrepresented employees at the Salvation Army's Mental Health Services in Metropolitan Toronto, and sought to combine this new unit with an existing unit it already represented.
The employer argued for four separate bargaining units based on location and function.
Applying the Hospital for Sick Children test, the Board found the union's proposed comprehensive unit appropriate, noting it avoided the labour relations problems associated with fragmentation.
Following certification, the Board ordered the combination of the new and existing bargaining units on the agreement of the parties.
Part-time bargaining unit excluding registered nurses found appropriate; certification granted.
The applicant union applied for certification of a part-time bargaining unit at a nursing home, proposing to exclude registered nurses.
The responding party employer argued that registered nurses should be included.
The Board found that the proposed unit was appropriate, noting the industry practice of excluding registered nurses from service units and the Board's policy of mirroring part-time units with existing full-time units, which in this case excluded registered nurses.
The Board granted the application and issued a certificate.
