Ontario Labour Relations Board
1074-01-R National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada (CAW-Canada), Applicant v. Service Employees International Union Local 210, Responding Party Trade Union v. Windsor Regional Hospital, Responding Party Employer.
BEFORE: Christopher J. Albertyn, Vice‑Chair.
DECISION OF THE BOARD; August 22, 2001
1This is an application under section 68 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (“the Act”) for a declaration that the applicant (“CAW-Canada”) has acquired the rights, privileges and duties of a predecessor trade union, the Service Employees International Union, Local 210 (“the SEIU”), pursuant to agreements (“the Agreement”) concluded between them.
2Previous decisions were issued by the Board on July 12, 2001, July 16, 2001 and July 20, 2001.
3Pursuant to the Board’s direction a representation vote was taken on July 25, 2001.
4No representations were filed with the Board within the time fixed following the taking of the representation vote.
5On 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 CAW-Canada.
6Having regard to the material before it, particularly the Agreement and the provisions of section 68(2) of the Act, pursuant to section 68 of the Act, the Board hereby declares that the CAW-Canada has acquired the collective bargaining rights, privileges and duties of its predecessor, the SEIU, by transfer of jurisdiction in respect of the employees in the following bargaining unit:
all employees of Windsor Regional Hospital employed in its Medical Laboratory Department and Diagnostic Imaging Department as registered medical laboratory technologists, medical laboratory assistants, graduate non-registered medical laboratory technologists, tissue technicians, medical radiation technologists, registered diagnostic medical sonographers and registered and non-registered EEG technicians, EKG technicians, save and except supervisors, persons above the rank of supervisor, graduate pharmacist, biochemist, persons regularly employed for not more than fifteen (15) hours per week, students employed during the summer vacation period and/or in training and employees covered by subsisting collective agreements with Windsor Regional Hospital.
7The SEIU is no longer the bargaining agent for that bargaining unit.
8The 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.
9A copy of this decision is to be posted forthwith by the responding party employer in prominent places in the workplace where it is likely to come to the attention of employees in the bargaining unit. The posting is to last for a period of 30 days.
“Christopher J. Albertyn”
for the Board