Ursel Constructors Ltd. et al. v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Hoisting, Portable and Stationary, Local 870 and Hudon, (1986) 54 Sask.R. 186 (QB)

• Judge: Goldenberg, J.
• Court: Court of Queen's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
• Case Date: October 14, 1986
• Jurisdiction: Saskatchewan
• Citations: (1986), 54 Sask.R. 186 (QB)

Ursel Constructors Ltd. v. IUOE (1986), 54 Sask.R. 186 (QB)

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Ursel Constructors et al. v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Hoisting, Portable and Stationary, Local 870 and Hudon

(No. 2271 A.D. 1985)

Indexed As: Ursel Constructors Ltd. et al. v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Hoisting, Portable and Stationary, Local 870 and Hudon

Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench

Judicial Centre of Saskatoon

Goldenberg, J.

October 14, 1986.

Summary:

The union advised Ursel Constructors (Ursel) that Hudon requested that a permit holder be terminated so that he could replace him as provided for in the collective bargaining agreement. Ursel terminated the permit holder's employment but rehired him five days later to do the same work without advising the union or Hudon. The union filed a grievance and an arbitration board upheld the grievance. Ursel applied for judicial review setting aside the arbitration board award.

The Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench dismissed the application. The court held that the board did not exceed its jurisdiction and that the board's interpretation of the collective bargaining agreement was not patently unreasonable.

Administrative Law - Topic 5457

Judicial review - Certiorari - Evidence - Affidavits - The Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench stated that affidavit evidence was admissible on certiorari to show jurisdictional error - See paragraph 5.

Labour Law - Topic 7060.1

Industrial relations - Collective agreements - Enforcement - Arbitration - Jurisdiction of arbitrator - Power to consider question not specifically set out in grievance in order to resolve grievance - The Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench stated that an arbitration board was entitled to determine a question not specifically set out in a grievance in order to resolve the grievance - See paragraph 48.

Cases Noticed:

R. v. Miller (1986), 63 N.R. 321, refd to. [para. 5].

Bazant, Re (1983), 26 Sask.R. 226, refd to. [para. 5].

Revelstoke Pre-mix v. Chauffeurs, Teamsters and Helpers, Local 395 et al., [1977] 2 W.W.R. 39, refd to. [para. 5].

Pro-Star Mills Ltd. v. Canadian Food and Allied Workers, [1978] 3 W.W.R. 667, refd to. [para. 5].

Volvo Canada Ltd. v. International Union The United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 720, Re, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 178; 27 N.R. 502; 33 N.S.R.(2d) 22; 57 A.P.R. 22; 99 D.L.R.(3d) 193, refd to. [para. 29].

Shalansky and Saskatchewan Union of Nurses v. Regina Pasqua Hospital, Re (1982), 15 Sask.R. 253 (Sask. C.A.), affd. 47 N.R. 76; 25 Sask.R. 153; 145 D.L.R.(3d) 413 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 29].

Wentworth Arms Hotel v. Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union Local 197 (1979), 24 N.R. 417; 94 D.L.R.(3d) 161, refd to. [para. 30].

Bradburn and Wentworth Arms Hotel - see Wentworth Arms Hotel.

H.A. Roberts Group Ltd. v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1867, 37 Sask.R. 310, appld. [para. 31].

University Hospital v. Service Employees International Union Local 333 U.H., 46 Sask.R. 19, consd. [para. 38].

Board of Education Moose Jaw Roman Catholic Separate School Division No. 22 v. Hansen et al. (1983), 32 Sask.R. 97, appld. [para. 48].

Cite de Jonquiere v. Freddie Munger et al., Re, [1964] S.C.R. 45, refd to. [para. 66].

Statutes Noticed:

Trade Union Act, R.S.S. 1978, c. T-17, sect. 13 [para. 67]; sect. 25(1) [para. 67].

Counsel:

W.T. Molloy, Q.C., for the applicants;

D.R. Ching, for the respondents.

This case was heard before Goldenberg, J., of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench, Judicial Centre of Saskatoon, who delivered the following judgment on October 14, 1986.