Division II - Collective Agreements — Binding effect

the bargaining agent and the employees in the unit of employees that the bargaining agent represents; and

an employers' organization and employer who has entered into the agreement or on whose behalf the agreement has been entered into.

A collective agreement, where it is for a term of less than a year, shall be considered to be for a term of 1 year from the date upon which it came into operation or, where it is for an indeterminate term, shall be considered to be for a term of at least 1 year from the date it came into operation and shall not, except as provided in section 50 or with the consent of the board, be terminated by the parties within a period of 1 year from that date.

The parties to a collective agreement may, by written consent while the agreement is in force, vary, cancel or substitute other provisions for a provision in the agreement other than the provision relating to the term of the agreement.