The workers of the Stelpro design company finally unionized with the Steelworkers, not without the Court having to intervene to order the employer to stop hindering the activities of the Steelworkers and ordering a vote by secret ballot.
Stelpro is a heating and ventilation equipment company in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville. Some 350 employees work there.
A small internal union was present there before the Steelworkers union, affiliated with the FTQ, attempted to establish itself there. The Steelworkers’ journey was quickly strewn with pitfalls, to the point where he had sent several complaints to the Administrative Labor Tribunal.
On August 25, the Court ordered a vote by secret ballot, after having had to cancel the dismissal of the Steelworkers activist in the company, having ordered the employer to reinstate her in her job, having ordered the employer to compensate him, having concluded that the employer had hindered the activities of the Steelworkers and having ordered him to stop doing so.
In its decision on the Steelworkers’ union’s complaints, the Administrative Labor Tribunal ruled that Stelpro design had obstructed the activities of the Steelworkers’ union, in particular through “undue surveillance” and taking photos of recruiters.
The Court had at the same time ordered the holding of a vote by secret ballot, in order to verify the real wishes of the workers.
This ballot was held on October 13 and the Court concluded that the Steelworkers union “obtained the greatest number of votes among the employees who exercised their right to vote.” It therefore accredits it to represent all employees, except office workers, designers and those who are normally excluded by the Labor Code.
At the same time, he revoked the accreditation held by the internal union.
