The appellant union sought to apply union dues check-off and wage entitlement provisions of its collective agreement to summer vacation relief staff hired by the respondent employer.
The summer students were not members of the bargaining unit and did not qualify as employees under the Public Service Labour Relations Act or the collective agreement.
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal, holding that the word 'person' in the collective agreement referred to prospective employees and did not include summer students who would not qualify as employees.
