[2014]DLNLC7639 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:12.1pt;margin-right:.2pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow:yes"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B050">WESTERN DIAMOND CEMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:12.1pt;margin-right:.2pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow:yes"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B050">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:12.1pt;margin-right:.2pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow:yes"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B050">CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING <i>M</i>ATERIALS WORKERS UNION <i>(</i>CBMWU)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:.25pt;margin-right:.2pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow:yes"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">[NLC]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:.2pt;text-align:center; mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow:yes"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">our Ref: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">NLC/C-458/2011/015/27 </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Date: 19TH DECEMBER, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:31.0pt 31.0pt 1.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes;margin-left:0cm; margin-right:.2pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 1.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.2pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:7.1pt 16.0cm"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">FOR THE COMMISSION:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.2pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination: none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow: yes"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">BERNICE A. WEL</span></b><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">BEC</span></b><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">K DR. (MRS.) </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">(</span></b><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">A</span></b><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">G. EX</span></b><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">EC</span></b><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">UTIVE SE</span></b><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">CR</span></b><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">ETARY</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:.25pt;margin-right:.2pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow:yes"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">DECISION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:31.0pt 31.0pt 1.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes;margin-left:0cm; margin-right:.2pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:.25pt;text-align:center; mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 1.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:14.65pt;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination: none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow: yes"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">T</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">he </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">National La</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"">bou</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">r Commission </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">on </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">We</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">d</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">nesday, 19th Novemb</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">e</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">r, </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">20</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">14 c</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"">o</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">nsidered a complaint lodge</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">d by </span><i><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">W</span></i><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">estern Diamond Cement </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">on </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">"Whether Fixed-Term a</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">n</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">d Contract Workers can be Unionized". <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.85pt;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination: none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow: yes"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">T</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">he </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">parties in dispute - Western Diamond Cement, Complainants we</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">r</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">e represente</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">d by </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Management Personnel, </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0