The complainant, a taxi driver, filed complaints alleging that the respondent employer breached the statutory freeze provisions of section 79 of the Labour Relations Act by increasing taxi rentals after a union applied for certification.
The respondent raised a preliminary objection that the complainant lacked standing.
The Board held that the statutory freeze protects the rights of the trade union, not individual employees, and therefore only the trade union has standing to bring a complaint under section 79.
The complaints were dismissed.
