The union representing workers at the Endako molybdenum mine has failed to convince the Labour Relations Board (LRB) to to extend the time limit on revival of a decertification campaign.
The United Steelworkers had requested a two-year "time bar" to carry representation into the next round of bargaining after a September 2011 vote to decertify was rejected by a margin of 146 to 121.
But in a decision issued April 13, LRB vice chair Ken Saunders noted a 10 month limit is already in place from the date of the vote and questioned whether the USW's allegations against the employer are enough to warrant an extension.
The USW contended the mine's owners, Thompson Creek Metals Co. and Sojitz Moly Resources Ltd., have worked behind the scenes to orchestrate a decertification campaign in the months before the September vote.
The Endako mine is located 170 kilometres west of Prince George.
