The employer, Ecodyne Limited, filed a jurisdictional dispute complaint regarding the assignment of tending and clean-up work on a cooling tower erection project in Sault Ste.
Marie.
The employer had assigned the work to members of the Carpenters' union, but the Labourers' union claimed the work.
The Ontario Labour Relations Board applied the Canada Millwrights factors, finding that while economy and efficiency favoured the employer's preference for the Carpenters, the core work jurisdiction in the collective agreement and the local area practice favoured the Labourers.
The Board declared that the work should have been assigned to the Labourers.
One Board Member dissented, arguing that economy and efficiency should prevail.
