0012-01-R The Unionized Employees of Ariss Concrete Forming Ltd., Applicant v. Labourers’ International Union of North America, Ontario Provincial District Council and Labourers’ International Union of North America, Local 1081, Responding Party.
BEFORE: John Morgan Lewis, Vice‑Chair.
DECISION OF THE BOARD; April 11, 2001
The applicant has applied to the Board under section 63 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (the “Act”) for a declaration that the responding party no longer represents the employees in a bargaining unit for which it is the bargaining agent.
This application was fi1ed on March 30, 2001. The employees who are affected by this application are covered by the Labourers’ Provincial ICI Collective Agreement between the Labourers Relations Bureau of the Ontario General Contractors Association, the Ontario Masonry Contractors Association, Industrial Contractors Association of Canada, the Sealant and Waterproofing Association and the Concrete Floor Contractors Association and the Labourers’ International Union of North America, Ontario Provincial District Council on its own behalf and on behalf of its affiliated Local Union’s 183, 247, 491, 493, 506, 527, 597, 607, 625, 837, 1036, 1059, 1081 and 1089. with an effective date of May 1, 1998, until April 30, 2001. The bargaining unit description in this collective agreement is as follows:
all construction labourers, including masons’ or bricklayers’ tenders, plasterers and plasterers’ apprentices and all employees engaged in cement finishing, waterproofing or restoration work and all other construction employees engaged in the industrial, commercial and institutional sector of the construction industry in the Province of Ontario, for whom the Union has bargaining rights.
The employees are also affected by a further collective agreement between the responding party and Labourers’ International Union of North America, Local 1081 with an effective date of May 1, 1998, until April 30, 2001. The bargaining unit description in this collective agreement is as follows:
all construction labourers in the employ of Ariss Concrete Forming Ltd. engaged in residential low rise forming in the County of Brant and that portion of the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk coming within the former County of Norfolk; the Regional Municipality of Waterloo (except that portion of the geographic Township of Beverly annexed by North Dumfries Township); the County of Wellington; the County of Dufferin and the County of Grey.
Having regard to the provisions of section 63(2) of the Act, the Board finds that this application is timely.
It appears to the Board on an examination of the evidence before it, that not less than forty per cent of the employees in the bargaining units had expressed a wish not to be represented by the trade union at the time the application was filed.
The Board directs that a representation vote be taken of the employees of Ariss Concrete Forming Ltd. employed in the bargaining units described in paragraph 2 above. All those employed in that bargaining units and at work on the application filing date will be eligible to vote.
The vote will be held on April 17, 2001. Vote arrangements are as set out on the attached "Notice of Vote and of Hearing".
Voters will be asked to indicate whether or not they wish to be represented by the responding party in their employment relations with Ariss Concrete Forming Ltd.
The employer is directed to post copies of this decision and of the "Notice of Vote and of Hearing" in a location or locations where they are most likely to come to the attention of those eligible to vote. These copies must remain posted for a period of 30 days.
Any party or person who wishes to make representations to the Board about any issue remaining in dispute which relates to the application for termination of bargaining rights, other than status disputes, must file a detailed statement of representations with the Board and deliver it to the other parties, so that it is received within five days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays on which the Board is closed) of the date on which the vote is taken. Representations with respect to any status dispute must be made in accordance with the directions provided in Information Bulletin No. 10: Status Disputes in Termination Applications in the Construction Industry.
The matter is referred to the Registrar.
“John Morgan Lewis”
for the Board