Ontario Public Service Employees Union v. City of Hamilton / Region of Hamilton - Wentworth
0587-00-R Ontario Public Service Employees Union, Applicant v. City of Hamilton / Region of Hamilton - Wentworth, Responding Party v. Canadian Union of Public Employees and its Local 5167, Intervenor.
BEFORE: Stephen Raymond, Vice-Chair, and Board Members J. A. Rundle and D. A. Patterson.
DECISION OF THE BOARD; July 13, 2000
1A hearing was scheduled in this matter on July 11, 2000. The parties signed a Memorandum of Agreement dealing with some of the issues in dispute. That Agreement provided that there shall be a hearing in this matter on July 25, 2000 and that subsequent to the hearing there shall be a representation vote on August 10, 2000. A representation vote was held on June 2, 2000. The Parties have agreed that the ballots cast in that vote shall not be counted and shall not be considered in deciding this application.
2Pursuant to the Memorandum of Agreement, the Board directs that a representation vote be taken of the individuals in the following voting constituency:
all ambulance paramedics and/or ambulance attendants employed by the Responding Party in the Region of Hamilton-Wentworth, save and except supervisors and persons above the rank of supervisor.
3The vote will be held on August 10, 2000. Other vote arrangements will be as determined by the Registrar and set out on the attached “Notice of Vote and of Hearing”. There is no agreement as to the date on which the employees must have an employment relationship in order to be eligible to vote. This date will be agreed to by the parties or decided by the Board as a result of the hearing on July 25, 2000.
4Voters will be asked to indicate whether or not they wish to be represented by the applicant in their employment relations with the responding party.
5The responding party is directed to post copies of this decision and of the “Notice of Vote and of Hearing” adjacent to each of the posted copies of the “Notice to Employees of Application for Certification”. These copies must remain posted for 30 days.
6Any party or person who wishes to make representations to the Board about any issue remaining in dispute which relates to the application for certification, other than status disputes, must file a detailed statement of representations with the Board and deliver it to the other parties, so that it is received by the Board within five days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays on which the Board is closed) of the date on which the vote is taken. Representations with respect to any status dispute must be made in accordance with the directions provided in Information Bulletin No. 4: Status Disputes in Certification Applications (Non-Construction).
7We are not seized of this matter
8The matter is referred to the Registrar.
“Stephen Raymond”
for the Board