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(c) have agreed to the accreditation of the applicant as the bargain-
ing agent,
the board may accredit the employers’ organization as the bargaining
agent on behalf of the employers named in the accreditation.

(5) Where an employers’ organization is accredited under this
section, it has exclusive authority, for such time as the employer is
named in the accreditation, to bargain collectively on behalf of the
employer and to bind the employer by collective agreement.

(6) An employer named in the accreditation may, during the fourth
and fifth months immediately following the execution of a collective
agreement entered into by the employers’ organization on his behalf,
apply to the board to amend the accreditation by deleting his name
therefrom. 1973 (2nd Sess.), c. 122, s. 59.

Refusal or ter = 0). No employers’ organization shall
membership. (a) refuse membership in the employers’ organization to any
employer; or
(6) terminate an employer’s membership in the employers’ organ-
ization
except for a cause which, in the opinion of the board, is fair and reason-
able; or
(c) charge, levy, or prescribe initiation fees, dues, or assessments
that, in the opinion of the board, are unreasonable or dis-
criminatory. 1973 (2nd Sess.), c. 122, s. 60.

PART IV

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCEDURES
Notice to G1. (1) Where the board has certified a trade-union as the bargain-

bargain
collectively. ing agent for employees in a unit and no collective agreement is in force,
(a) the trade-union may, by written notice, require the employer

to commence collective bargaining; or

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(b) the employer may, by written notice, require the trade-union |

to commence collective bargaining; and
(c) the employer shall not increase or decrease the rate of pay of
any employee in the unit or alter any other term or condition
of employment until
(i) four months after the board has certified the trade-
union as bargaining agent for employees in the unit; or
(ii) a collective agreement is executed,
whichever occurs first.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the board, after notice to the
trade-union, may authorize an employer to increase or decrease the rate
of pay of an employee in the unit, or alter a term or condition of employ-
ment, and may prescribe conditions to be observed by an employer so
authorized.

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