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Union certified despite organizer signing membership cards as a witness without observing the signatures.
The applicant union applied for certification.
During the hearing, it was revealed that the union's main organizer had signed membership cards as a 'witness' without actually observing the employees signing them.
The employer and objecting employees argued this irregularity, along with allegations of intimidation and coercion by the organizer, should invalidate the membership evidence.
The Board found that the organizer's misrepresentation on the cards was innocent and did not undermine the reliability of the evidence.
The Board also dismissed the allegations of intimidation, finding no objective basis for them.
The Board certified the union, with one member dissenting on the reliability of the membership evidence.
Human rights complaint dismissed; termination was justified by employee's threats of violence following a racial slur.
The complainant, a probationary employee at a meat packing plant, was subjected to a severe racial slur by a federal meat inspector.
In response, the complainant became angry, failed to follow his supervisor's instructions to report further incidents directly, and made threats of physical violence involving his fists and knives.
The employer investigated the incidents and terminated the complainant's employment.
The Board of Inquiry dismissed the human rights complaint, finding that the employer did not condone the racial slur and that the termination was a direct consequence of the complainant's aggressive behaviour, threats of violence, and insubordination, rather than discrimination based on race.
