The applicants applied to terminate the bargaining rights of the respondent union and its Local 1036.
At the initial hearing, the Board dismissed the application on a motion by the respondents, finding that all affiliated local unions named in the provincial collective agreement were necessary parties and had not been properly named or given sufficient notice.
Upon reconsideration, the Board found that all affiliated locals had in fact received actual notice and were represented at the hearing.
Concluding that it was overly technical to deny an amendment to the title of the proceedings, the Board revoked its earlier dismissal, amended the title nunc pro tunc to include all affiliated locals as respondents, and directed that the application be scheduled for a hearing on the merits.
