Similar prohibitions exist in various provinces.
The six month time frame sometimes encourages posturing during bargaining in the hope that decertification will ensue after six months of stalled negotiations. This time frame is artificial and we recommend that it be replaced with a general requirement for Board consent when industrial action is ongoing. By making this recommendation, we are not suggesting that valid applications should be any more difficult to process. There are circumstances where such applications are clearly voluntary and appropriate. This section simply provides a check, during a difficult period, on those applications that may destabilize bargaining and lack the necessary voluntary support.