The Ottawa Newspaper Guild applied for certification to represent a bargaining unit of approximately 13 employees in the computer information services department of The Ottawa Citizen.
The employer opposed the application, arguing that a tag-end unit or a combined unit with the advertising department was appropriate.
The Ontario Labour Relations Board found that the employees in the computer information services department shared a sufficient community of interest to form a viable bargaining unit.
Given the employer's long history of fragmented, departmental bargaining units without serious labour relations difficulties, the Board concluded that the proposed departmental unit was appropriate and granted the application.
