Union organisers and industrial advocates will tomorrow walk off the job when a long-running dispute with their union — and employer — comes to a head. Staff at the Public Sector Association, the NSW affiliate of the Community and Public Sector Union, will take industrial action, with fears its leadership is pushing through an enterprise agreement “fundamentally contrary” to collective bargaining. The PSU and staff have been negotiating on an enterprise agreement for three years, with an in-principle deal reached last year and subsequently ditched by the union’s general secretary Anne Gardiner, who instead proposed a non-union arrangement which was overwhelmingly rejected.
February 4, 2016
The mining sector dominates the Fair Work Commission portals today with appearances from Rio Tinto, Bluescope Steel, Cape Australia Onshore Pty Ltd and Onesteel Recycling. The full list is: Tuckey Mandurah Pty Ltd (Dawson), Evolve Training Systems Pty Ltd (Weston), Kenna Teasdale Lawyers Pty Ltd (Gallagher), Engineering People Pty Ltd (Pauline), Sommerville Retail Services Pty Ltd (Pham), Lifestyle Cleaning Services Pty Ltd (Taylor), Filipino Community Council of Victoria Incorporated (Serrano), Suncorp Metway Staff Pty Ltd (Donnan), Windsor Smith Retail Pty Ltd (Clark), A.P. Motors (No. 3) Pty Ltd (Martin), HFB Pty Ltd ATF HFB Admin Trust (Priest), Pacific Century Corporation Pty Ltd (Barnett), Shafston International College (Eades), HIMA Australia Pty Ltd (Smetana), Department of Human Services (Starr/Gunston), The Trustee for DJ & ME Roydhouse Others (Broun), Rio Tinto Ltd (Perry), Werrigar Pty Ltd (Crisp), Onesteel Recycling Pty Limited (Savage), Peph Pty Ltd (Neumann), Bluescope Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd (McGlin), Options Disability Support (Prowse), House with No Steps (Kamanda), Australian Bullion Exchange Limited (Riley), Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Lismore (Travers-Jones), Highfields Preparatory and Kindergarten School Ltd (Reynolds), Mogo Zoo Pty Ltd (Ryman) and Cape Australia Onshore Pty Ltd (Pappas).
February 4, 2016
An application for approval of the Swetha International Pty Ltd Rail Safe Working Personnel New South Wales Enterprise Agreement 2015 is before Fair Work Deputy President Sams in Melbourne.
February 3, 2016
A lighter unfair dismissal caseload faces the members of the Fair Work Commission today. The 16 employers and the applicants include: Bluescope Scope Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd (McGlin), Hilti Australia Pty Ltd (Pinar), Mid-West Mining Pty Ltd (Simpson), Lee and Lyons Law Services Pty Ltd & Clyde & Co (King), Nestle Australia Limited (Ptolemy), Mimi Family Daycare Service Pty Ltd (Diaz Gubern), Thiess Services Pty Ltd (Tully), Caltex Australia Petroleum Pty Ltd (De Silva), Xin Yi Dai Incorporated (Austin), Sommerville Retail Services Pty Ltd (Pham), Council of the Holmesglen Institute of TAFE (Burke), Goss Brothers Refrigerated Transport + Cold Storage (Thompson), Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital Ltd (Tsingos), Ultimate Staff Suppliers Pty Ltd (De Souza), Spring Head Trinity Lutheran Primary School Inc (Putland) and Arrium Pty Ltd (Johnston).
February 3, 2016
The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and Allcorp Services (Queensland) Pty Ltd are bogged down by a s.739 (application to deal with a dispute) being argued before Fair Work Commissioner Spencer in Brisbane.
February 2, 2016
An application for approval of the Proas Pty Ltd and the CFMEU Asbestos Removal Enterprise Agreement 2015 will be considered by Fair Work Commissioner Roe in Melbourne.
February 2, 2016
BHP Billiton Iron Ore Pty Ltd is one of 23 companies defending s.394, s.372, s.605 notices triggered by disgruntled ex-employees. The full Fair Work Commission list includes: Finke Enterprises Pty Ltd ATF M&L Carlson Family Trust (Budden); AJ & T Pulbrook Pty Ltd (Guthrie); SeaRoad Shipping Pty Ltd (Hamer); Ananda Aust Pty Limited (Eunbyeol); Work Placement Pty Ltd (Gadan); Fresh Choice Hoxton Park Pty Ltd (Ciric); BHP Billiton Iron Ore Pty Ltd (McGinnis); Geographe Real Estate Pty Ltd (Gillespie); Dampier Bowling Club (Ingram); BHP Coal Pty Limited (McDermott); Supercheap Auto (Williams); Mackay Family Care and Community Support Association Inc (Priestley); Farstad Shipping (Indian Pacific) Pty Ltd (Fry); Kellyvale No 87 Trust & The Lamb Spit Trading Trust (Millar); Peter W Beck Pty Ltd (Dragani); Digital Market Square Pty Ltd (Carlos Alberto Rivera Alvarez); Dairy Country (Barkho); The Plenty Valley Montessori School Association (Starvaggi); The Salesian Society Inc (Kirkham); Able Australia Services (Schade); Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd and Bi-Lo Pty Limited (Hart); Department of Health and Human Services (Lombardo); and Telstra Corporation Limited (Njoroge).
February 1, 2016
Twenty employers today face unfair dismissal claims in the Fair Work Commission. The employers/claimants list includes: Sanofi Aventis Australia Pty Ltd (Hartley), Kogarah City Council (Wilde), Ballina Furniture Overnights (Tomlinson), Qantas Airways Limited (Nair), Finke Enterprises Pty Ltd ATF M&L Carlson Family Trust (Budden), Terminals Pty Ltd (Adams), PPG Industries Australia Pty Ltd (Dang), Strata Group (Aust) Pty Ltd (Schwenke), University of Western Australia (Whitbread), Morris Corporation Ltd (Reposar), Intework Inc (Dorie), Pitcher Partners Advisors Proprietary Ltd (Jacobs), Regent R V Pty Ltd (Ruyter), Del-Re National Food Group Pty Ltd (Soukoulis), Davey Motor Company & Mollica and Another (Douglas), TMC Australia Pty Ltd (Dullard), BTE Technology (Efford), HIMA Australia Pty Ltd (Steinhoff) and G7 Cocolat Franchising Pty Ltd ATF the G7 Cocolat Franchising Unit Trust (Martin).
