OLRB 2000

The applicant trade union applied for certification to represent employees of the responding party.

The Board found that the applicant appeared to have the requisite membership support of at least forty percent in the proposed bargaining unit.

The Board ordered a representation vote to be held, with a direction that ballots cast by individuals in disputed registered nurse positions be segregated.

The Board issued a procedural decision regarding the scheduling of oral arguments on whether it should exercise its discretion to make a section 1(4) related employer declaration.

Due to difficulties in setting hearing dates prior to January 23, 2001, the Board directed that arguments on this issue will commence on January 23, 2001, and continue on previously set dates.

The applicant filed an application for declaratory relief under sections 69 and 1(4) of the Labour Relations Act, 1995, along with two grievance referrals under section 133.

The applicant requested that the grievance referrals be held in abeyance pending the outcome of the related employer application.

The Board granted the request, adjourning the grievance referrals sine die and extending the time for the responding parties to file their responses to the grievances until after the related employer application is determined.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board issued a brief decision amending paragraph 2 of its November 23, 2000 decision to correct the effective date of the collective agreement between the responding party and The Fort Erie Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to January 1, 1999, until December 31, 2000.

The applicant trade union filed an application for certification to represent employees of the responding party.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board found that the applicant is a trade union and that at least forty percent of the individuals in the proposed bargaining unit were members of the union.

The Board directed that a representation vote be taken among the eligible employees.

The Board also noted a dispute regarding the inclusion of office, clerical, and sales staff in the bargaining unit, and directed that any ballots cast by individuals in disputed positions be segregated.

The applicant union applied for certification.

Following a representation vote where more than fifty percent of the ballots were cast in favour of the applicant, the Ontario Labour Relations Board certified the union as the bargaining agent for the agreed-upon bargaining unit of employees at The Korea Times Ltd. in Toronto.

The applicant union requested an interim order directing the responding parties to produce documents for inspection in relation to a grievance referral and an application for declaratory relief under sections 69 and 1(4) of the Labour Relations Act, 1995.

The Board found the requested documents arguably relevant and ordered the responding parties to produce them for inspection by the applicant's counsel.

The applicant filed an application against the responding party before the Ontario Labour Relations Board.

The parties reached a settlement, and the Board ordered the application terminated.

The applicant requested to withdraw his application because he was included as a complainant in another application dealing with the same matter.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board granted leave to withdraw the application.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board granted an extension of time for the applicants to file and deliver their submissions to December 1, 2000.

The responding parties were granted five days after receipt of the applicants' documents to file their submissions.

Following correspondence from counsel for the responding party, the Ontario Labour Relations Board adjourned the grievance referral sine die for a period not exceeding one year.

The matter will be deemed terminated if neither party requests to proceed within that time.

The applicant union and responding employer agreed to adjourn the grievance referral sine die.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board consented to the adjournment for a period not exceeding one year, after which the matter will be deemed terminated if neither party requests to proceed.

The applicant union applied for certification.

The responding party disputed the applicant's estimate of the number of employees in the proposed bargaining unit and gave notice under section 8.1 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995.

The Board found that the applicant established sufficient membership support to obtain a representation vote.

The Board directed that a representation vote be taken of the individuals in the voting constituency, with disputed quality control lab employees casting segregated ballots.

The responding party's claim that the application was a nullity due to a procedural defect was deferred to a post-vote hearing.

The parties agreed to adjourn the application sine die for a period not exceeding one year.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board consented to the adjournment, noting that the matter would be deemed terminated if neither party requested to proceed within that time.

The applicant trade union applied for certification as the bargaining agent for carpenters and carpenters' apprentices employed by the responding party.

Following a representation vote where more than 50 per cent of the ballots were cast in favour of the applicant, and with no statements of desire to make representations filed, the Ontario Labour Relations Board issued certificates to the applicant pursuant to section 160(1) of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 for the industrial, commercial and institutional sector, and for all other sectors in the specified geographic area.

The applicant union filed applications for certification, a related employer/successor rights declaration, and a grievance referral against the responding parties.

Prior to the scheduled hearing, the parties reached a settlement.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board issued consent orders incorporating the Minutes of Settlement, declaring Mannix Construction Corp. bound to the Carpenters' Provincial Collective Agreement as a successor employer, ordering it to pay $3,000 to the applicant, and dismissing the certification application.

The applicant employer applied under section 69 and subsection 1(4) of the Labour Relations Act, 1995, seeking a Board declaration regarding the union status of employees at a newly acquired, non-unionized HVAC business.

The applicant argued that the employees were intermingled and requested a representation vote.

The Board dismissed the application, following established jurisprudence that section 69(6) and subsection 1(4) only apply when a predecessor employer had a collective bargaining relationship with a trade union.

The Board further noted that even if it had jurisdiction, it would defer the matter to arbitration to interpret the existing collective agreement's recognition clause.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board issued a procedural decision confirming the hearing dates for multiple related matters involving the Labourers International Union of North America, Local 527 and Thomas Fuller Construction Co. Limited et al.

The hearing was scheduled for several dates in January and February 2001.

The applicant union applied under section 68 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 for a declaration that it acquired the rights, privileges, and duties of its predecessor union by reason of a merger, amalgamation, or transfer of jurisdiction.

As no statements of objection or opposition were filed, the application was unopposed.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board granted the application and issued the requested declaration.

The applicant trade union applied for certification as the bargaining agent for a unit of employees of the responding party.

Following a representation vote where more than fifty percent of the ballots were cast in favour of the applicant, and with no statements of desire to make representations filed, the Ontario Labour Relations Board certified the applicant.

A certificate was ordered to issue for the agreed-upon bargaining unit.