Order No.: 11376-U
Supercedes: 10653-U
IN THE MATTER OF THE
Canada Labour Code
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Unifor,
applicant,
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Cascade Aerospace Inc.,
Abbotsford, British Columbia,
employer.
WHEREAS the Canada Industrial Relations Board (the Board), by order no. 10653-U dated October 29, 2014, certified Unifor as the bargaining agent for a unit of employees of Cascade Aerospace Inc.;
AND WHEREAS the Board has received an application from the applicant union, pursuant to section 18 of the Canada Labour Code (Part I–Industrial Relations) (the Code), seeking to amend the said order by including the position of materials coordinator to the bargaining unit;
AND WHEREAS the employer is not opposed to this application;
AND WHEREAS, following investigation of the application and consideration of the submissions of the parties concerned, the Board is satisfied that the expanded unit is appropriate for collective bargaining and that a majority of the employees to be added to the unit wishes to be represented by the applicant;
AND WHEREAS the Board is satisfied of the overall representative character of the applicant for the expanded unit and has determined that it is appropriate to grant the application.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby declares that Unifor is the bargaining agent for a bargaining unit comprising:
all employees of Cascade Aerospace Inc. working at the Abbotsford plant in the following departments: aircraft mechanics; avionics; composites; hydraulic shop; machine shop; NDT; structures; cleaners; interior shop; paint shop; facilities; ground support equipment (GSE technicians); planning (clerks); purchasing; stores; tool crib; including materials coordinators, crew leaders and casual employees, excluding supervisors and those above the rank of supervisor.
ISSUED at Ottawa, this 20th day of March, 2019, by the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
Ginette Brazeau
Chairperson
Reference: File No. 32939-C