Sobeys Inc. v. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 1000A, (1992) 60 O.A.C. 218 (DC)

• Judge: Greer, J.
• Court: Ontario Court of Justice General Division (Canada)
• Case Date: November 17, 1992
• Jurisdiction: Ontario
• Citations: (1992), 60 O.A.C. 218 (DC)

Sobeys Inc. v. UFCW (1992), 60 O.A.C. 218 (DC)

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In The Matter Of the Judicial Review Procedure Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. J-1;

And In The Matter Of the Labour Relations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L-2;

And In The Matter Of a Decision of the Ontario Labour Relations Board Dated September 16, 1992

Sobeys Inc. (applicant) v. United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 1000A (respondents)

(No. 692/92)

Indexed As: Sobeys Inc. v. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 1000A

Ontario Court of Justice

Divisional Court

Greer, J.

December 22, 1992.

Summary:

The Ontario Labour Relations Board ordered that two employees be reinstated to jobs with Sobeys Inc. Sobeys Inc. appealed and sought an interim stay of the reinstate­ment order.

The Ontario Divisional Court granted the stay.

Labour Law - Topic 825

Labour relations boards and judicial review - Procedure - Stay of proceedings - So­beys Inc. ran a nonunion store - Two employees had access to a secured room wherein, inter alia, confidential information about company employees was kept - Without permission the employees used the information to compile a list of employees and their telephone numbers for a union - One of the employees was fired and the other quit when her employment was restricted - The union complained and the Ontario Labour Relations Board ordered that the employees be reinstated - Sobeys Inc. appealed and applied for an interim stay of the reinstatement order - The Ontario Divisional Court granted the stay.

Practice - Topic 8952

Appeals - Stay of proceedings pending appeal - When appellant entitled to stay - [See Labour Law - Topic 825 ].

Cases Noticed:

Planet Development Corp. and Lester (W.W.) (1978) Ltd. v. United Associ­ation of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, Local 740, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 644; 123 N.R. 241; 88 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 15; 274 A.P.R. 15; 91 C.L.L.C. 14,002; 76 D.L.R.(4th) 389; 48 Admin. L.R. 1, refd to. [para. 14].

Paccar of Canada Ltd. v. Canadian Asso­ciation of Industrial, Mechanical and Allied Workers, Local 14, [1989] 2 S.C.R. 983; 102 N.R. 1; 62 D.L.R.(4th) 437; 89 C.L.L.C. 14,050; [1989] 6 W.W.R. 673; 40 Admin. L.R. 181, refd to. [para. 14].

Dylex Ltd. v. Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, Toronto Joint Board et al. (1977), 17 O.R.(2d) 448 (H.C.), refd to. [para. 16].

Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Le Syndi­cat des employés de production du Qué­bec et de l'Acadie, [1984] 2 S.C.R. 412; 55 N.R. 321; 14 D.L.R.(4th) 457, refd to. [para. 17].

America Cyanamid v. Ethicon Ltd., [1975] 1 All E.R. 504; [1975] A.C. 396, refd to. [para. 18].

Met­ropolitan Stores (MTS) Ltd. v. Man­itoba Food and Commercial Workers Local 832 and Labour Board (Man.), [1987] 1 S.C.R. 110; 73 N.R. 341; 46 Man.R. (2d) 241; 18 C.P.C. (2d) 273; 38 D.L.R. (4th) 321; 25 Admin. L.R. 20, refd to. [para. 19].

Ellis-Don Ltd. v. Labour Relations Board (Ont.) et al., [1992] O.L.R.B. Rep. June 764; 57 O.A.C. 11 (Div. Ct.), dist. [para. 21].

Wells Fargo Armcar Inc. v. Labour Rela­tions Board (Ont.) et al. (1981), 34 O.R.(2d) 99 (H.C.), refd to. [para. 22].

Consolidated-Bathurst Packaging Ltd. v. International Woodworkers of America, Local 2-69 and Labour Relations Board (Ont.) (1984), 2 O.A.C. 227 (Div. Ct.), refd to. [para. 25].

DeVilbiss, Re, [1975] O.L.R.B. Rep. 678, refd to. [para. 26].

Statutes Noticed:

Labour Relations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L-2, sect. 91 [para. 10].

Counsel:

Lynn Bevan, for the applicant;

James K.A. Hayes, for the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, respondent;

Ron Lebi, for the Ontario Labour Relations Board, respondent.

This application was heard on November 17, 1992, before Greer, J., of the Ontario Divi­sional Court, who released the following judgment on December 22, 1992.