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Employer bound by pick-up agreement must calculate travel allowance from local contractor's permanent yard.
The applicant union referred a grievance to arbitration under section 124 of the Labour Relations Act, alleging the respondent employer failed to pay a travel allowance required by the collective agreement.
The dispute centered on whether the 'employer's yard' for calculating the travel allowance referred to the local contractor's permanent yard (McFarland yard) or the respondent's temporary yard on the job site.
The Board upheld the grievance, finding that under the 'pick-up' agreement, the respondent was bound to the terms of the local McFarland Agreement, which required calculating the travel allowance from the McFarland yard to equalize competitive positions.
