The complainants requested a direction under section 91 of the Act regarding a work assignment dispute on a pipeline project.
The respondent unions raised a preliminary objection, arguing the Board lacked jurisdiction under section 91(14) because the collective agreements required referring such disputes to a mutually selected tribunal.
The Board found that while one collective agreement contained a specific jurisdictional dispute mechanism, the other did not.
Therefore, the collective agreements did not establish a mutual dispute-settlement mechanism that would exclude the Board's jurisdiction.
The preliminary objection was dismissed and the matter was listed for a hearing on the merits.
