Enterprise bargaining – protected action ballot – s.437 Fair Work Act 2009 – application made by union on behalf of employees – parties met approximately 10 times in effort to negotiate – employer does not consent to application and did not wish to make submissions – application determined on papers – satisfied statutory requirements been met and parties genuinely tried to reach agreement – concerned with a number of questions in ballot – whether action falls within meaning and scope of industrial action – Ambulance Victoria applied – action may or may not fall within scope of industrial action – matter for later consideration – order issued. Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) v Hydro-Electric Corporation t/a Entura.
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