Double Majority Test for Expanding a Bargaining Unit - Canada Industrial Relations Board Decision

Order No.: 12166-U Supersedes: 12034-U IN THE MATTER OF THE Canada Labour Code - and - [NAME], applicant, - and - [COMPANY]., Montréal, Quebec, employer. WHEREAS the [NAME] (the Board), by order no. 12034‑U dated January 17, 2025 (which superseded order no. 6766-U), certified [NAME] (the applicant) as the bargaining agent for a [NAME] of employees of [COMPANY]. (the employer); AND WHEREAS the Board has received an application from the applicant, pursuant to section 18 of the Canada Labour Code , seeking to amend order no. 12034‑U; AND WHEREAS the employer is not opposed to this application but seeks to ensure that the double majority test is met; AND WHEREAS , following investigation of the application and consideration of the submissions of the parties concerned, the Board has determined that the application to review the existing certification order is an application to expand the bargaining [NAME]; AND WHEREAS , following investigation of the application and consideration of the submissions of the parties concerned, the Board has determined that the double majority test applicable in an application to expand a bargaining [NAME] is met and that there is evidence before it that there is majority support among the group of employees to be added to the bargaining [NAME] and majority support within the overall expanded bargaining [NAME]; AND WHEREAS , following investigation of the application and consideration of the submissions of the parties concerned, the Board has determined that it is appropriate to grant the application. NOW, THEREFORE , the Board hereby confirms that [NAME] is the bargaining agent for a bargaining [NAME] comprising: all employees of CTV Drama Channel, [NAME], CTV Life Channel, MTV, Much, CTV Sci-Fi Channel, E! and CP24, divisions of [COMPANY]., including social media specialists on CTV specialty [NAME], excluding: - [NAME] - [NAME] - [NAME] - [NAME] - [NAME] - creative directors - creative media associates - executive [NAME] - executive producers - head of development/[NAME] - independent [NAME] development officers - [NAME] directors ([NAME] media) - [NAME] - [NAME] producers - [NAME] - [NAME] managers - [NAME] producers - [NAME] research analysts - media licensing - [NAME] senior - [NAME] - producers (except segment and field) - [NAME] - [NAME] - [NAME] - [NAME] - [NAME] - [NAME] - [NAME] - [NAME] - [NAME] - publicity managers - [NAME] - [NAME] specialists - [NAME] - security officers - [NAME] - senior copywriters - [NAME] - [NAME] - [NAME] - senior music directors – music - senior [NAME] - senior [NAME] - senior security administrators - [NAME] - [NAME] - [NAME] - [NAME] - associate managers and managers - associate directors and directors - all [NAME] employees and employees in the [NAME] department - all employees of the legal and human resources departments - all employees covered by another certification order - [NAME], excluding those listed in the collective bargaining agreement - analyst, revenue management - analyst, [NAME] - [NAME] analyst - senior analyst, [NAME] - chase producers ([NAME]) - [NAME] - deputy [NAME] - [NAME] (excluding web [NAME]) - [NAME] broadcast journalists - [NAME] (management) - [NAME] specialists – sponsored [NAME] - on-air talent (including reporters, anchors, hosts, co-hosts, [NAME]) - [NAME] - specialist, technical training - specialist, [NAME] management - specialist, [NAME] manager - senior audience [NAME] - [NAME] - stylists - [NAME] coordinator - [NAME] administrator - [NAME] manager - [NAME] ([NAME]) - [NAME] strategy & planning, [NAME] monetization specialist - managers - [NAME], standards & practices - [NAME] coordinator/specialist/manager - technical [NAME] specialist/manager - all those above the rank of manager - broadcast associate ([NAME]) - [NAME] ([NAME] media) - [NAME] ([NAME]) - social media managers - [COMPANY] - [NAME] - [NAME] - business affairs analyst - [NAME] - media specialists [NAME] - [NAME] (management) - [NAME] coordinator - [NAME] coordinator - [NAME] streaming coordinator - [NAME] coordinator - [NAME] - [NAME] coordinator - coordinator – media licensing business affairs - accounts receivable coordinator - billing coordinator - [NAME] coordinator - [NAME] coordinator (senior) - talent coordinator – Etalk - social media coordinator – The Social Clarity Note: The bargaining [NAME] includes but is not limited to all social media specialists working on Bell Media-produced specialty [NAME] (E-Talk, The Social, The Good Stuff with Mary Berg, and CTV Your Morning) ISSUED at Ottawa, this 20th day of March, 2026, by the [NAME]. [NAME]-Chairperson Reference: File No. 039240-C