Ontario Labour Relations Board
Re: Hotel and Club Employees' Union, Local 299 Toronto of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' and Bartenders' International Union, (A.F.L.-C.I.O.-C.L.C.), Applicant, v. Sutton Place Hotel and Dennis Management Company, an operating division of Affiliated Realty Corporation Limited, Respondents
Before: Pamela C. Picher, Vice-Chairman and Board Members B. L. Armstrong and J. D. Bell.
Appearances: Alick Ryder, Q.C. for the applicant; S. C. Bernardo and Wm. Blum for the respondents.
DECISION OF THE BOARD
I
1This is an application for certification.
2The Board finds that the applicant is a trade union within the meaning of section 1(1)(n) of The Labour Relations Act.
3The union has applied to represent the full-time maintenance department employees below the rank of chief engineer who work at Sutton Place at 955 Bay Street, Toronto. The applicant contends that these people are employed by Sutton Place Hotel. The respondent, on the other hand, argues that Dennis Management Company is their employer. Pursuant to this dispute, the Board appointed a Labour Relations