BCLRB No. B276/2007 CONCLUSION

BCLRB No. B276/2007
CONCLUSION

AHC remains the exclusive bargaining agent on behalf of the poly-party. CHC is right to comply with its directions regarding appropriate affiliate unions. However, AHC maintains its exclusive bargaining rights on behalf of its constituents, not the individual members or craft locals that comprise its constituents. BCPC was a constituent of the AHC. CMAW Local 2300 is a constituent of AHC. The certification provides CMAW Local 2300 with membership in the AHC and the Collective Agreement entitles CMAW Local 2300 to exercise all of the dispatch and clearance responsibilities as the appropriate affiliate union of the AHC. There are no other affiliate carpenter unions pertaining to the craft in the AHC at present. Accordingly, I declare that AHC must direct CHC to contact CMAW Local 2300 with respect to the dispatch of carpenters to work on the Revelstoke 5 Project.

LABOUR RELATIONS BOARD
Ritu N. Mahil
VICE-CHAIR

CMAW Local 2300 wins LRB decision for Hydro dispatch

CMAW Carpenters Good, UBCJA Carpenters Bad, according to Peter Kiewit

One of the world’s largest construction companies has complained that they can’t get qualified carpenters dispatched from the UBCJA local to work on the Revelstoke Dam.

Peter Kiewit Sons has written to the Labour Relations Board saying they know that the qualified carpenters they need are members of CMAW. Peter Kiewit’s lawyers have asked for intervenor status at a board hearing set for Dec. 11 in an attempt to get the qualified CMAW carpenters they need.