Employer bound by provincial collective agreement in the industrial, commercial, and institutional sector.
The applicants referred a grievance to the Board under section 112a of the Labour Relations Act, alleging the respondent violated a collective agreement.
The respondent challenged the Board's jurisdiction, arguing it was not bound by any collective agreement with the applicants.
The Board found that the respondent had signed a short-form agreement in 1973 that bound it to the provincial agreement.
While the respondent had not assigned its bargaining rights to the employer bargaining agency for all sectors, it was bound by the provincial agreement in respect of the industrial, commercial, and institutional sector by operation of the Act.
The Board ordered the respondent to cease violating the agreement in that sector.
