Decisions

Re: Phillip O. Leroy ("the "Complainant") -and-

Ainsworth Hotsprings Ltd. (the "Employer") -and- B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (the "Union") (Application for Certification - Case No. 30632)

Farwest Bus Lines Ltd., Coastal Bus Lines Ltd., Haida Coach Lines Ltd. and T.M.C. Transportation Systems Ltd. (the "Employer") -and- Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 134 (the "ATU") -and- Independent Canadian Transit Union, Local 1 ("ICTU") (Application for a Stay - Case No. 30910/96MA)

HEALTH EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ("HEABC") -and- BRITISH COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT AND SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNION ("BCGEU ") -and- HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES UNION ("HEU") BRITISH COLUMBIA NURSES UNION ("BCNU") HEALTH SCIENCES ASSOCIATION ("HSA") CANADIAN UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 15 ("Local 15") CANADIAN UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 718 ("Local 718") BRITISH COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE CARE ("Pricare") UNION OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSES ("UPN") PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION ("PEA") UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 1598 (the "Carpenters") CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 602 ("Local 602") -and- INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 1-71 ("IWA")

West Coast Tug & Barge Ltd. (the "Employer") -and- International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, Local 400 (the "Union") (Application for Certification - Case No. 30799)

Ainsworth Hotsprings Ltd. (the "Employer") -and- B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (the "Union") (Application for Certification - Case No. 30632)

Cariboo Friendship Society (the "Employer") -and- Hospital Employees' Union (the "Union") (Section 33(2) - Case No. 30120) (Application for Reconsideration - Case No. 30669)

General Paint Ltd. ("General Paint") -and- United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 1518 ("UFCW") -and- Communication, Energy and Paperworkers of Canada, Local 601 ("Local 601") (Application for Certification - Case No. 30929/96)

Island Community Home Support Services Society (the "Employer") -and- British Columbia Nurses' Union (the "Union") (Application for Certification - Case No. 30786)

OVERWAITEA FOOD GROUP, A DIVISION OF GREAT PACIFIC INDUSTRIES INC. (the "Employer") -and- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 1518 (the "Union")

IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED - COMPAGNIE PETROLIERE IMPERIALE LTEE, PRODUCTS DIVISION (the "Employer") -and- COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY AND PAPERWORKERS UNION OF CANADA, LOCAL 614 (the "Union")

Newnes Machine Ltd. (the "Employer") -and- Industrial Wood and Allied Workers of Canada (I.W.A. Canada), CLC, Local Union Number 1-417 (the "Union") (Section 133(5) - Case No. 30847)

Highland Valley Copper (the "Employer") -and- United Steelworkers of America, Local No. 898 (the "Union" or "Local 898") (Application for Certification - Case No. 30348)

HEALTH EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA("HEABC")-and-CAMPBELL RIVER & DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL SOCIETY (the "Hospital") -and- BRITISH COLUMBIA NURSES' UNION ("BCNU")

City of Kelowna (the "Employer") -and- Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 338 (the "Union") (Section 99 - Case No. 29585)

Island Medical Laboratories Ltd. (the "Employer") -and- Health Sciences Association of British Columbia (the "Union") (Section 141 - Case No. 16930)

WILMER RINGDAL, PROPOSED ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF TRAVIS RINGDAL, DECEASED (the "Complainant") -and- CHRISTIAN LABOUR ASSOCIATION OF CANADA, LOCAL NO. 68 (the "Union") -and- MID KAM INSTALLATIONS LTD. (the "Employer")

Pacific Racing Association (the "Employer") -and- Office and Professional Employees' International Union, Local No. 378 (the "Union") (Section 99 - Case No. 30315)

NELSON & DISTRICT HOME SUPPORT SERVICES SOCIETY (the "Society") -and- B.C. GOVERNMENT AND SERVICE EMPLOYEES' UNION ("BCGEU") -and- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION, LOCAL NO. 1518 ("UFCW")

DOWNIE TIMBER LTD. ("Downie") -and- INDUSTRIAL WOOD AND ALLIED WORKERS OF CANADA (I.W.A. CANADA), CLC, LOCAL UNION NUMBER 1 - 417 (the "IWA")

Fred Iser ("Iser") -and- United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, Local No. 516 (Refrigeration Service and Installation Workers' of British Columbia) (the "Union") (Sections 10 - Case No. 19868)

Bickerton Steel Erectors Ltd. ("Bickerton") -and- Rebcon Ironworks Ltd. ("Rebcon") -and- International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Local No. 97 ("Local 97") -and- International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 115 ("Local 115") (collectively the "Unions") (Sections 35, 38, 139 and 142 - Case No. 28786) (Sections 35 and 38 - Case No. 29030) (Application for Reconsideration - Case No. 30220)

Health Employers' Association of B.C. ("HEABC") -and- Health Sciences Association of British Columbia ("HSA") -and- British Columbia Government and Service Employees' Union ("BCGEU") (Section 13 - Case No. 29037) (Leave for Reconsideration - Case No. 29684)

FARWEST BUS LINES LTD., COASTAL BUS LINES LTD., HAIDA COACH LINES LTD. AND T.M.C. TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LTD. (the "Employer") -and- INDEPENDENT CANADIAN TRANSIT UNION, LOCAL 1 ("ICTU") -and- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION, LOCAL 134 ("ATU")