Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing & Kindred Industries Union v Electrolux Home Products Pty Limited [2002] FCAFC 199
INDUSTRIAL LAW – Industrial action – Whether particular industrial action was "protected action" – Claims made by each of three employees' organisations – In each case one claim was for payment of a bargaining fee by future employees – Whether the making of this claim meant the industrial action was not for the purpose of "supporting or advancing claims made in respect of the proposed agreement" – Whether an agreement containing a term that does not pertain to the employment relationship is certifiable under s 170LI(1) of the Workplace Relations Act – Whether a term along the lines of the claim would fall outside the description in s 170LI(1).
Workplace Relations Act 1996 ss 170LI, 170MT, 170NC
AUTOMOTIVE, FOOD, METALS, ENGINEERING, PRINTING AND KINDRED INDUSTRIES UNION, JAMES WATSON and DAVE OLIVER v ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS PTY LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN WORKERS UNION, COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRICAL ELECTRONIC, ENERGY, INFORMATION, POSTAL, PLUMBING AND ALLIED SERVICES UNION OF AUSTRALIA, ROBERT JOHNSTON and ROBERT GERAGHTY N 18 OF 2002 AUSTRALIAN WORKERS UNION v ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS PTY LIMITED, AUTOMOTIVE, FOOD, METALS, ENGINEERING, PRINTING AND KINDRED INDUSTRIES UNION, COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRICAL ELECTRONIC, ENERGY, INFORMATION, POSTAL, PLUMBING AND ALLIED SERVICES UNION OF AUSTRALIA, ROBERT JOHNSTON and ROBERT GERAGHTY S 6 OF 2002 COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRICAL ELECTRONIC, ENERGY, INFORMATION, POSTAL, PLUMBING AND ALLIED SERVICES UNION OF AUSTRALIA, ROBERT JOHNSTON and ROBERT GERAGHTY v ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS PTY LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN WORKERS UNION, AUTOMOTIVE, FOOD, METALS, ENGINEERING, PRINTING AND KINDRED INDUSTRIES UNION, JIM WATSON and DAVE OLIVER S 11 OF 2002 WILCOX, BRANSON and MARSHALL JJ 21 JUNE 2002 SYDNEY (HEARD IN ADELAIDE)
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