147. Where one association of employees only is certified to represent the majority of the workers of a business firm, that association shall designate the workers’ representatives contemplated in section 146.
Where several associations of employees are certified to represent, together, the majority of the workers of a business firm, such associations may, by agreement, designate the workers’ representatives contemplated in section 146.
In the absence of an agreement, or in other cases, such representatives shall be elected by the whole body of the workers of the business firm in accordance with the terms and conditions determined by the management of the firm.
The workers’ representatives are designated for a period of not over two years. Their term as representatives may be renewed.
1977, c. 5, s. 147; 1983, c. 56, s. 36.