Ontario Labour Relations Board
File No.: 0694-00-R Date: July 6, 2000
United Steelworkers of America, Applicant v. Kit Toronto Inc., Responding Party v. Universal Workers Union, Labourers’ International Union of North America Local 183, Intervenor.
BEFORE: Stephen Raymond, Vice-Chair, and Board Members J. A. Rundle and D. A. Patterson.
Decision of the Board
1The style of cause is hereby amended to reflect the correct name of the responding party: “Kik Toronto Inc.”
2No statement of desire to make representations has been filed with the Board within the time fixed under Rule 62 of the Board's Rules of Procedure following the taking of the representation vote pursuant to the Board's direction of June 6, 2000.
3For these reasons, the Board will issue a final decision in this matter without a hearing.
4Having regard to the agreement of the parties, the Board further finds that:
all employees of Kik Toronto Inc., save and except supervisors and foremen, persons above the rank of supervisors and foremen, office and sales staff, persons regularly employed for not more than twenty-four (24) hours per week and students employed during the school vacation period,
constitute a unit of employees of the responding party appropriate for collective bargaining.
5On the taking of the representation vote directed by the Board, more than fifty per cent of the ballots cast by employees in the bargaining unit were cast in favour of the applicant.
6A certificate will issue to the applicant.
7The Registrar will destroy the ballots cast in the representation vote taken in this matter following the expiration of 30 days from the date of this decision unless a statement requesting that the ballots should not be destroyed is received by the Board from one of the parties before the expiration of such 30 day period.
8Meeting and hearing dates set previously are hereby cancelled.
9The responding party is directed to post copies of this decision immediately, adjacent to all copies of the "Notice of Vote and of Hearing" posted previously. These copies must remain posted until the date that had been set for the hearing.
“Stephen Raymond”
for the Board