The applicant union applied under section 7 of the Labour Relations Act to combine its full-time and part-time food service bargaining units at the responding party's university location.
The Board granted the application, finding that combining the units would reduce fragmentation and facilitate viable and stable collective bargaining without causing serious labour relations problems.
The Board rejected the employer's arguments regarding differences in community of interest and potential enhancement of the union's bargaining power.
A concurring member agreed with the result reluctantly, noting the primary purpose appeared to be enhancing bargaining power, which the Board's jurisprudence did not treat as a barrier to combination.
