International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Local 56 and the Société du Centre Pierre-Péladeau

Successfully advised and represented a concert hall in the Montréal area subsequent to various proceedings instituted by the hall's certified union, when the hall ceased certain activities offered to its lessees. This matter arose in the line of cases involving Société de la Place des Arts (decided by the Supreme Court of Canada) and Wal-Mart. The safeguard order application, the complaint under section 59 of the Labour Code and complaints under section 15 of the Labour Code were dismissed. (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Local 56 and the Société du Centre Pierre-Péladeau, A.T., François Blais, adjudicator, 14 June 2004; International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Local 56 and Lawrence Lorca et al v. Société du Centre Pierre-Péladeau, CRT file: AM-1005-4397, Case: CM-2001-3115 and others, Jacques Vignola, commissioner, 13 January 2005; Société du Centre-Pierre Péladeau and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, (I.A.T.S.E.), Local 56, A.T., François Blais, adjudicator, presiding, 2 February 2006).