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Union decertification application dismissed; petition voluntariness undermined by involvement of employee with management ties.
The applicant employees applied to terminate the bargaining rights of the respondent union under section 57(1) of the Labour Relations Act.
The sole issue was whether the petition in support of the application represented the voluntary wishes of the employees.
The Board found that the petition was spearheaded by an employee who was a member of the religious order that managed the employer and who had recently stepped down from a management position.
Given this individual's unique status and close ties to management, the Board concluded that the petition's voluntariness was critically undermined.
The application was dismissed.
