Industrial Wood & Allied Workers of Canada v. Ziegler Lumber Limited
1097-00-R Industrial Wood & Allied Workers of Canada, Applicant v. Ziegler Lumber Limited, Responding Party.
BEFORE: Patrick Kelly, Vice‑Chair, and Board Members J. A. Rundle and H Peacock.
DECISION OF THE BOARD; August 8, 2000
1This is a displacement application for certification.
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 July 13, 2000.
3Having regard to the bargaining unit description proposed by the applicant, to which there was no objection, the Board further finds that:
all employees of Ziegler Lumber Limited employed at Port Elgin, Ontario, save and except foremen, persons above the rank of foreman, office and sales staff, persons not regularly employed for 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.
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.
"Patrick Kelly"
for the Board