Order No.: 7507-U
IN THE MATTER OF THE
Canada Labour Code
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Canadian Merchant Service Guild,
applicant union,
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Bay Ferries Limited,
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island,
employer.
WHEREAS the Canada Labour Relations Board received an application for certification from the applicant union as bargaining agent for a unit of employees of Bay Ferries Limited, pursuant to Section 24 of the Canada Labour Code (Part I ‑ Industrial Relations);
AND WHEREAS, following investigation of the application and consideration of the submissions of the parties concerned, the Board has found the applicant to be a trade union within the meaning of the Code and has determined the unit described hereunder to be appropriate for collective bargaining and is satisfied that a majority of the employees of the employer in the unit wish to have the applicant trade union represent them as their bargaining agent;
AND WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of an Act to Amend the Canada Labour Code (Part 1) and the Corporations and Labour Unions Returns Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, Being Chapter 26 of the Statutes of Canada, 1998, the present matter was transferred to the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is ordered by the Canada Industrial Relations Board that the Canadian Merchant Service Guild be, and it is hereby certified to be, the bargaining agent for a unit comprising:
"all licensed employees of Bay Ferries Limited employed on all vessels owned or operated by the employer within Canada or Canadian flagged, excluding the master, relief master, chief engineer and the engineering officers. "
ISSUED at Ottawa, this 9th day of February 1999, by the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
J. Paul Lordon, Q.C.
Chairperson
Reference: File No. 19082-C