48(1)Subsection 34(4) and subsection 56(3) do not apply to an accredited employers’ organization.

48(2)A collective agreement between an accredited employers’ organization and a trade union or council of trade unions is, subject to and for the purposes of this Act, binding upon the accredited employers’ organization and the trade union or council of trade unions, as the case may be, and upon each employer in the unit of employers represented by the accredited employers’ organization at the time the agreement was entered into and upon such other employers as may subsequently be bound by that agreement, as if it was made between each of such employers and the trade union or council of trade unions and, if any such employer ceases to be represented by the accredited employers’ organization during the term of operation of the agreement, the employer shall, for the remainder of the term of operation of the agreement, be deemed to be a party to a like agreement with the trade union or council of trade unions.

48(3)A collective agreement between an accredited employers’ organization and a trade union or council of trade unions is binding on the employees in the bargaining unit defined in the agreement of any employer bound by the collective agreement.