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Steelworkers declared interim exclusive bargaining agent pending resolution of over 200 successor rights applications.
The applicant union sought an interim order declaring it the successor union and exclusive bargaining agent for employees in over 200 pending successor rights applications.
The applications arose from a massive inter-union dispute following the purported merger of various Ontario locals of the RWDSU with the Steelworkers, which was contested by the RWDSU International and the UFCW.
The dispute caused widespread confusion and collective bargaining paralysis, prompting employers and the Minister of Labour to seek clarification on which union to deal with.
The Board granted the interim order, declaring the Steelworkers as the interim exclusive bargaining agent to preserve orderly labour relations and allow the collective bargaining process to function until the main applications are resolved.
Union certified after employer precluded from belatedly raising bargaining unit exclusions due to untimely reply.
The applicant union applied for certification to represent employees of Gallup Canada, Inc. in Metropolitan Toronto.
The responding party failed to file a timely reply or raise the exclusion of analysts from the bargaining unit by the terminal date.
The Board declined to permit the responding party to belatedly raise the issue, finding it would prejudice the union.
The Board determined the appropriate bargaining unit and found that more than 55 per cent of the employees in the unit had applied to become members of the union.
A certificate was issued to the applicant.
