The Carpenters' District Council applied to the Board under section 150 of the Labour Relations Act to determine whether two construction projects fell within the industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) sector or the residential sector.
One project was a mixed-use building for the Hospital for Sick Children, and the other was a building on the campus of the Salvation Army Training Centre.
The Board considered local area practice and the agreement between the Metropolitan Toronto Apartment Builders Association and the Building Trades Council.
The Board concluded that both projects were predominantly residential in character and therefore fell within the residential sector, not the ICI sector.
