Last week, the Alberta Labour Relations Board published their first new applications report of 2025. In it was an application for union certification.
Local 1675 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America—which represents drywall, acoustic, lathing, and insulation workers—filed the application on 29 July 2025.
In it, they say that they are trying to unionize workers at Comex Interior Drywall Ltd. Specifically, they want to organize all of Comex’s general construction workers, other than carpenters.
Based out of Airdrie, Comex offers interior drywall for commercial and residential projects.
According to the report, this certification, if it is successful, would apply to 7 workers.
The ALRB will hold a hearing for this application later today, during which time the employer will be able to argue, if needed, why they think the workers should not be able to unionize with Local 1675.
For an application to be approved, the union must show support from 40% of the affected workers, which, in this case, would be 3.
If the ALRB approves the application, they would organize a certification vote. Assuming all 3 of those supports votes in favour, they would need to convince just 1 other fellow worker to vote in favour, too, to win the certification.
Should the workers vote in favour of unionizing and the ALRB awards a certification, their first step will be to organize a bargaining committee and begin negotiating their first contract.
Because the ALRB does not archive their new application reports, I have included a copy of last week’s report below.
