Terry Skanes and George MacDonald v. C.A.W. Local 707
2818-99-U Terry Skanes and George MacDonald, Applicants v. C.A.W. Local 707, Responding Party.
BEFORE: Patrick Kelly, Vice-Chair.
DECISION OF THE BOARD; June 30, 2000
1A teleconference took place at 10:15 a. m. on Friday, June 30, 2000 for the purpose of dealing with the responding party’s request for an adjournment of the consultation scheduled for July 20, 2000 in this complaint alleging a violation of section 74 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (“the Act”).
2The representative of the responding party, David Tremblay (“Mr. Tremblay”) who is also the responding party’s local president, indicated that he would be out of the Province of Ontario on the date scheduled for the consultation, due to a vacation which he had planned some time ago, prior to the issue of the Board’s Notice of Consultation. He argued it would be unreasonable for the responding party to have to bear the cost of flying Mr. Tremblay back to Toronto for the consultation.
3The applicant, Terry Skanes (“Mr. Skanes”) opposed the adjournment request. The other applicant, Mr. George MacDonald, did not oppose the request, and therefore was not asked to participate in the teleconference.
4Having considered the representations of Mr. Tremblay and Mr. Skanes, I ruled orally that the basis for the adjournment request was not sufficiently compelling. I denied the request.
5The responding party’s request for adjournment is denied.
“Patrick Kelly”
for the Board