Division I - Bargaining Agents and Units — Exclusive authority
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Where a trade union or a council of trade unions is certified, under this Act, as the bargaining agent of a unit,
50(a)
the bargaining agent so certified immediately replaces another bargaining agent of the unit and has exclusive authority to conduct collective bargaining on behalf of employees in the unit and to bind them by a collective agreement until its certification in respect of employees in the unit is revoked;
50(b)
where another bargaining agent has been previously certified in respect of the unit, the certification of that bargaining agent is revoked immediately;
50(c)
where, at the time of certification, a collective agreement binding on or entered into on behalf of the unit is in force, then that trade union or council is substituted as a party to the agreement in place of the bargaining agent that was a party to that collective agreement on behalf of employees in the unit immediately before that certification, and the trade union or council may, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the collective agreement, terminate that collective agreement where it applies to those employees by giving 2 months' notice to the employer or employers' organization that is a party to the agreement; and
50(d)
[Rep. by 2012 c30 s8]
Not legal advice. Verify the cited article against the signed agreement.