The appellant union invoked interest arbitration clauses in expired collective agreements with two health units.
The arbitration boards found they had jurisdiction to proceed under the statutory bridging provisions of the Labour Relations Act and included the interest arbitration clauses in the renewal agreements.
The Court of Appeal quashed the inclusion of the clauses.
The Supreme Court of Canada allowed the appeals, holding that the boards had jurisdiction to hear the arbitrations and correctly interpreted the agreements as permitting the inclusion of the interest arbitration clauses in the renewal contracts.
