The applicant union sought certification for a bargaining unit restricted to Adult Basic Education and Adult English as a Second Language (ABESL) instructors employed by the responding party.
The responding party argued the appropriate unit should include all Continuing Education Instructors.
The Board applied the Hospital for Sick Children test and concluded that a bargaining unit restricted to ABESL instructors was not appropriate due to concerns about undue fragmentation and classification-based bargaining.
The Board found that a unit including all continuing education instructors would be appropriate and directed the parties to meet with a Labour Relations Officer to complete the certification report.
