0184-00-R National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General workers Union of Canada (CAW-Canada), Applicant v. St. Mary’s General Hospital, Responding Party v. Service Employees International Union, Local 220, Intervenor.
BEFORE: Russell Goodfellow, Vice‑Chair.
DECISION OF THE BOARD; May 10, 2000
1The style of cause is hereby amended to reflect the correct name of the responding party: “St. Mary’s General Hospital”
2The intervenor has asked that the application be dismissed because it was not filed in accordance with the Board’s Rules of Procedure. In the alternative, the intervenor asks that the Board postpone its disposition of the application on the basis of the vote results until after a contempt motion has been dealt with by the Superior Court in Court File No. 00-CV-185840 and/or until the Canadian Labour Congress disposes of raiding charges brought against the applicant by the intervenor. The latter two requests have been dealt with by the Board in other Board decisions and the Board agrees with those decisions. The former request is not supported by any particulars that would cause the Board to decline to give effect to the results of the vote.
3Accordingly, having regard to the agreement of the parties, the Board finds that:
all lay office and clerical employees at St. Mary’s General Hospital at Kitchener, save and except supervisors, persons above the rank of supervisor, persons regularly employed for not more than 24 hours per week, students employed during the school vacation period and persons covered by subsisting collective agreements,
constitute a unit of employees of the responding party appropriate for collective bargaining.
4On 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.
5A certificate will issue to the applicant.
6The 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.
7Meeting and hearing dates set previously are hereby cancelled.
8The 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.
“Russell Goodfellow”
for the Board