The applicant union, a newly chartered local of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, applied for certification to represent construction labourers, cement finishers, and waterproof applicators.
The interveners challenged the applicant's jurisdiction to accept these workers into membership and argued the proposed bargaining units were inappropriate under section 144 of the Labour Relations Act.
The Board found that while the applicant had the authority to accept these workers into membership, it was an affiliated bargaining agent represented by the millwrights employee bargaining agency.
Consequently, the workers sought to be represented fell outside the province-wide bargaining regime and did not constitute an appropriate bargaining unit under section 144(1).
The applications for certification were dismissed.
