Alberta Labor Board Rejects Attempt To End Carpenters Union Representation

The Alberta Labour Relations Board rejected Oct. 7 an application by Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Ltd. to end representation of its general construction carpenters by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 2103. (Calgary Exhibition & Stampede Ltd. v. Carpenters, Local 2103)

The employer incorrectly argued that the original certification for Local 2103 to represent both maintenance and general construction employees was issued in error because it included general construction carpenters, and that the certification should in any event be canceled because the union has abandoned its bargaining rights, labor board Vice-Chair Nancy E. ...