UA FACTS
The UA represents more than 2,600 members in Nova Scotia.
UA LOCALS
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Local 56
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Local 282
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Local 682
UA ORGANIZER
Stephen Brown
(902) 233-7260
LEAD ORGANIZER
Andrew O'Hearn
(506) 380-3532

NOVA SCOTIA
LABOUR CODE SUMMARY
Rights of employee and employer
(s) (1) Every employee has the right to be a member of a trade union and to participate in its activities.
(2) Every employer has the right to be a member of an employers’ organization and to participate in its activities. R.S., c. 475, s. 13.
Certification
Part 2 - Construction
Once the board receives the application of certification, they will then ask for a list of journey persons and registered apprentices that worked the day of certification
And they worked in construction the day of application. When there is more than 51% support for union, the board will then order a certification
CERTIFICATION
Part 1
Manufacturing and Maintenance
Application for certification as bargaining agent
95 (1) A trade union or a council of trade unions claiming to have as members in good standing not less than thirty-five per cent of the employees of one or more employers in the construction industry in a unit appropriate for collective
(3) When, pursuant to an application for certification under this
art by a trade union or council of trade unions, the Board has determined the unit appropriate for collective bargaining and consistent with a geographic area established by the Board,
(a) if the Board is satisfied that the applicant trade union or council of trade unions has as members in good standing less than thirty-five per cent of the employees in the appropriate unit the [Board] shall dismiss the application;
(h) if the Board is satisfied that the applicant trade union or council of trade unions has as members in good standing more than fifty per cent of the employees in the appropriate unit the Board may certify the trade union or council of trade unions as the bargaining agent of the employees in the unit;
( c) if the Board is satisfied that the applicant trade union or council of trade unions bas as members in good standing not less than thirty-five per cent and not more than fifty per cent of the employees in the appropriate unit, the Board shall forthwith order that a vote be conducted among the employees in the appropriate unit to determine whether the employees select the applicant trade union or council of trade unions to be bargaining agent in their behalf.