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Board orders separate full-time and part-time bargaining units following municipal amalgamation to maintain historical status quo.
Following the amalgamation of three municipalities into Loyalist Township, the Ontario Labour Relations Board determined the appropriate bargaining unit structure under the Public Sector Labour Relations Transition Act, 1997.
The employer and the dominant trade union, CUPE, argued for two separate units for full-time and part-time employees, reflecting the historical status quo.
SEIU argued for a single all-employee unit.
The Board ordered two separate bargaining units, finding that maintaining the historical separation of full-time and part-time employees best served the purposes of the Act.
