Representation vote upheld; union electioneering outside polling area and religious appeals did not amount to coercion.
The applicant union sought certification and won a representation vote.
The respondent employer and a group of objecting employees alleged that the union engaged in intimidation and coercion during the vote, including holding a meeting at a Sikh Temple, making religious appeals, and congregating outside the polling area.
The Board found that while union supporters did congregate and electioneer outside the voting area, the evidence did not establish that their conduct was intimidatory, coercive, or destructive of the employees' freedom of choice.
The Board declined to set aside the vote and ordered that a certificate issue to the applicant.
National Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers Union of Canada (CAW-Canada) v. Polytech Coatings Limited, 1992 CanLII 6758
