The applicant union applied for certification.
The parties disputed the bargaining unit description, specifically whether students employed in a co-operative training program should be excluded from the full-time unit.
The Board reviewed its practice of excluding such students due to their lack of long-term commitment and different terms and conditions of employment compared to permanent full-time employees.
The Board concluded that the student in question lacked a community of interest with the full-time employees and ordered that students in co-operative training programs be excluded from the bargaining unit.
A Board Officer was appointed to inquire into the duties of a disputed supervisory position.
