The applicant trade union applied for certification of a bargaining unit of construction labourers, including surveyors, employed by the respondent in the industrial, commercial and institutional sector of the construction industry.
The Board dismissed the intervention of another union for lack of status.
The Board found that the applicant did not have an established trade union practice of representing surveyors in the construction industry, whereas the intervener had a history of such representation and was the designated employee bargaining agency for surveyors.
The Board concluded it could not determine an appropriate bargaining unit that included trades other than those contained in the applicant's designation order, and dismissed the application.
