The Arts Club of Vancouver Theatre Society v. Local 118 [2004] B.C.A.A.A. No. 73 (BC Collective Agreement Arbitration)

The matter involved a number of grievances protesting that the employer was utilizing the management to perform bargaining-unit work contrary to the collective agreement.  The arbitrator interpreted the expression “cause a reduction in hours of work” and concluded that the collective agreement prohibited management from performing bargaining unit work in order to “eliminate or avoid the hiring of bargaining unit employees”; i.e., to a degree as would deny an otherwise available bargaining unit job.

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