Our Certification

ONTARIO LABOUR RELATIONS BOARD

OLRB Case No: 3379-19-R

Renison Association of Academic Staff, Applicant

v.

Renison University College, Responding Party

BEFORE: Patrick Kelly, Vice-Chair

DECISION OF THE BOARD: March 23, 2020

1. This is an application for certification filed under the Labour Relations Act, 1995, S.O. 1995, c.1, as amended (the “Act”).

2. Having regard to the agreement of the parties (as described in counsel for the responding party’s letter of March 17, 2020), the Board further finds that the following constitutes a unit of employees of the responding party appropriate for collective bargaining: all academic staff employed by Renison University College in the Province of Ontario holding tenure or tenure-track positions, continuing lecturer positions, professional librarians, and those having a limited duration contract, save and except academic staff employed on a sessional or a per-course basis, library assistants, non-credit academic staff, and administrators at the rank of Academic Dean, Vice-President or higher.

3. On the taking of the representation vote directed by the Board, more than 50% of the ballots cast by employees in the bargaining unit were cast in favour of the applicant.

4. A certificate will issue to the applicant.

5. The Registrar will destroy the ballots cast in the representation vote taken in this matter following the expiration of 30 days from the date of this decision unless a statement requesting that the ballots should not be destroyed is received by the Board from one of the parties before then.

6. Meeting and hearing dates set previously are hereby cancelled.

7. The responding party is directed to post copies of this decision immediately, adjacent to all copies of the “Notice of Vote” posted previously. These copies must remain posted until the date that had been set for the hearing.

“Patrick Kelly”

for the Board

ONTARIO LABOUR RELATIONS BOARD

OLRB Case No: 3379-19-R

Renison Association of Academic Staff, Applicant

v.

Renison University College, Responding Party

CERTIFICATE

The Board certifies:

Renison Association of Academic Staff as the bargaining agent for the following bargaining unit: all academic staff employed by Renison University College in the Province of Ontario holding tenure or tenure-track positions, continuing lecturer positions, professional librarians, and those having a limited-duration contract, save and except academic staff employed on a sessional or a per-course basis, library assistants, non-credit academic staff, and administrators at the rank of Academic Dean, Vice-President or higher.

This certificate is subject to the terms and qualifications set out in the Board’s Decision(s) in this matter.

DATED: March 23, 2020

“Katherine Gilbert”

Registrar

ONTARIO LABOUR RELATIONS BOARD