The OLRB Orders A New Vote And Company To Provide The Union With On-Site Organizing Office
A recent decision by the Ontario Labour Relations Board (the "Board") dated May 4, 2001 is noteworthy in two respects: one, the manner in which the Board reached its conclusion that management initiated the "reprehensible conduct" that intimidated employees; and, two, the scope of remedial relief granted to employees and the union seeking to represent them.
The case involved an application for certification filed on November 6, 1998 by the Steelworkers Union in respect of the employees at Baron Metal Industries (the "Company"). The Company produces steel doors and frames and employs an ethnically diverse group of which approximately twelve percent are of Sri Lankan origin. The certification vote was held on November 16 and resulted in a tie (and hence the Union lost). The Union then filed an unfair labour practice complaint alleging that the vote was not a reliable reflection of the
