CAW Local 414 v. Somerset Specialties Ltd.
File No.: 2332-99-R Date: May 19, 2000
Applicant: CAW Local 414 of National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers’ Union of Canada (CAW-Canada) Responding Party Employer: Somerset Specialties Ltd., c.o.b. as Trent News Company
Before: Timothy W. Sargeant, Vice-Chair, and Board Members J. A. Rundle and R. R. Montague.
Decision of the Board
1This is an application under section 68 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (the “Act”) for a declaration that the applicant has acquired the rights, privileges and duties of its predecessor Retail Wholesale Canada, Canadian Service Sector Division of the United Steelworkers of America, Local 414, by reason of a merger, amalgamation or a transfer of jurisdiction. Notice of this application has been sent to the responding party employer and the alleged predecessor trade union. The responding party has notified the Board that at this location there are no employees in the bargaining unit affected by this application. Accordingly, this application is unopposed.
2Having regard to the material before it, and pursuant to section 68 of the Act, the Board hereby declares that the applicant union has acquired the rights, privileges and duties of its predecessor, Retail Wholesale Canada, Canadian Service Sector Division of the United Steelworkers of America, Local 414, by reason of a merger, amalgamation, or transfer of jurisdiction.
“Timothy W. Sargeant”
for the Board