Division I - Bargaining Agents and Units — Revocation of certification
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(1) Where, following investigation, and after a hearing where one is considered necessary by the board, it is determined by the board that a bargaining agent no longer represents a majority of employees in the unit for which it was certified or for which it acts as bargaining agent, the board of its own motion or on application may
51(a)
revoke the certification of the bargaining agent, where it was certified; or a majority of the employees in the unit vote in favour of the revocation of certification or termination of bargaining rights of a bargaining agent; or
51(b)
where the bargaining agent was not certified, terminate the bargaining rights of the bargaining agent by a written declaration, and, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act, an employer shall not be required to bargain collectively with the bargaining agent. at least 70% of the employees in the bargaining unit vote and a majority of those voting vote in favour of the revocation of certification or termination of bargaining rights of a bargaining agent, the board may revoke the certification or terminate the bargaining rights of the bargaining agent.
51(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), where on the direction of the board a vote is taken or where a vote is held under section 51.1 to determine the wishes of the employees in a bargaining unit and
51(3)
Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the bargaining agent from making an application under section 36 in accordance with this Act and rules made under section 22.
51(4)
Where a certification has been revoked or the bargaining rights of a bargaining agent have been terminated under subsection (1), an agreement entered into on or before and in force at the date of the revocation or termination between the bargaining agent and the employer shall from that date be held not to be a collective agreement for the purpose of this Act.
51(5)
[Rep. by 2012 c30 s9]
Not legal advice. Verify the cited article against the signed agreement.