1070-00-R National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada (CAW-Canada), Applicant v. D. H. Howden A Division of Sodisco-Howden Group Inc., Responding Party.
BEFORE: Timothy W. Sargeant, Vice‑Chair, and Board Members J. A. Rundle and D. A. Patterson.
DECISION OF THE BOARD; July 25, 2000
1No 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 11, 2000.
2Having regard to the agreement of the parties, the Board further finds that:
all employees of D. H. Howden, A Division of Sodisco-Howden Group Inc., in the City of London, Ontario, save and except supervisors, persons above the rank of supervisor, office, clerical and sales staff,
constitute a unit of employees of the responding party appropriate for collective bargaining.
Clarity Note
Clerical staff include the following classifications: traffic clerks and programmers in the information department.
3On 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.
4A certificate will issue to the applicant.
5The 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.
6Meeting and hearing dates set previously are hereby cancelled.
7The 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.
“Timothy W. Sargeant”
for the Board