The applicant union applied for certification to represent a unit of maintenance electricians employed by the respondent mining company.
The union argued that the electricians constituted a craft unit deemed appropriate under section 6(3) of the Labour Relations Act.
The Board reviewed extensive evidence of the union's bargaining practices across various industries in Canada and the United States.
The Board found that outside the construction and related industries, the union did not commonly bargain separately and apart for maintenance electricians.
Consequently, the union failed to meet the mandatory criteria of section 6(3) and was not entitled to a separate craft bargaining unit.
