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City's requirement that promoters use rival union stagehands does not constitute an illegal lock-out.
The applicant union brought complaints alleging that the City of Ottawa and concert promoters engaged in an illegal lock-out.
The City required promoters renting its facilities to use members of a rival union for stagehand work.
The applicant argued this arrangement unlawfully deprived its members of work opportunities and constituted a lock-out.
The Board found that the City, as a property owner, was not acting as an employer of the stagehands and had no intent to compel the applicant's members to forego statutory rights.
The promoters' refusal to hire the applicant's members was a response to commercial conditions imposed by the City, lacking the improper motivation required for a lock-out.
The complaints were dismissed.
