Universal Workers Union, Labourers’ International Union of North America Local 183 v. H & R Developments and/or Cantertrot Investments Limited and/or 1251791 Ontario Limited
File No.: 1351-01-R Date: August 10, 2001
Before: John Morgan Lewis, Vice-Chair.
Decision of the Board
1This is an application for certification filed under the construction industry provisions of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (the "Act").
2The Board finds that the applicant is a trade union within the meaning of sections 1(1) and 126 of the Act.
3The responding party was duly served with the application on August 4, 2001, according to the Certificate of Delivery filed by the applicant and filed a response with the Board in which it asserts that the correct name of the responding party is Cantertrot Investments Limited.
4It appears to the Board on an examination of only the information provided in the application and the information and membership evidence filed by the applicant (see section 8(3) of the Act), that not less than forty per cent of the individuals in the bargaining unit proposed in the application for certification were members of the union at the time the application was made.
5The Board further finds that this application does not relate to the industrial, commercial and institutional sector of the construction industry referred to in section 126 of the Act.
6The applicant is seeking to represent all construction labourers and all journeymen and apprentice carpenters in the employ of the responding party in all sectors of the construction industry in The Regional Municipality of Durham (except for the Towns of Ajax and Pickering) the geographic Township of Cavan in the County of Peterborough and the geographic Township of Manvers in the County of Victoria, excluding the industrial, commercial and institutional sector, save and except non-working foremen and persons above the rank of non-working foreman. The Board finds that the applicant’s proposed bargaining unit could be appropriate for collective bargaining. The responding party asserts that the bargaining unit should not include journeymen and apprentice carpenters as none of the employees at work on the date of application were journeymen or apprentice carpenters. The Board declines to find at this time that the applicant’s bargaining unit is appropriate for collective bargaining.
7The Board directs that a representation vote be taken of the individuals in the following voting constituency:
all construction labourers and journeymen and apprentice carpenters in the employ of H & R Development and/or Cantertrot Investments Limited and/or 1251791 Ontario Limited in all sectors of the construction industry in The Regional Municipality of Durham (except for the Towns of Ajax and Pickering) the geographic Township of Cavan in the County of Peterborough and the geographic Township of Manvers in the County of Victoria, excluding the industrial, commercial and institutional sector, save and except non-working foremen and persons above the rank of non-working foreman.
8The vote will be held on August 14, 2001. Vote arrangements are set out on the attached "Notice of Vote and of Meeting".
9The responding party is directed to post copies of the application for certification, the “Notice to Employees of Application for Certification”, this decision and the "Notice of Vote and of Meeting" in a location or locations where they are most likely to come to the attention of those individuals who are eligible to vote. These copies must remain posted for 30 days.
10All individuals who were employed by H & R Development and/or Cantertrot Investments Limited and/or 1251791 Ontario Limited and at work in the voting constituency on August 4, 2001 are eligible to vote.
11Voters will be asked to indicate whether or not they wish to be represented by the applicant in their employment relations with the responding party.
12Any party or person who wishes to make representations to the Board about any issue relating to the application for certification which remains in dispute, other than status disputes, must file a detailed statement of representations and all material facts upon which they rely 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. 9: Status Disputes in Certification Applications in the Construction Industry.
13This matter is referred to the Registrar.
“John Morgan Lewis”
for the Board