The applicant union sought a declaration that the respondent companies were bound by the provincial Carpenters' collective agreement, either as a sale of a business under s. 55 or as related employers under s. 1(4) of the Labour Relations Act.
The principal, Roy Brandon, had operated a unionized construction company that went bankrupt in 1973.
He subsequently started new non-union companies.
The Board found that while s. 55 did not apply, the companies were related employers under s. 1(4) despite the intervening bankruptcy.
The Board exercised its discretion to grant the declaration but limited its retroactive effect, making it applicable only to contracts entered into after the respondents received notice of the union's claim.
One Board member dissented on the prospective limitation of the remedy.
