Dairy Farmers Hexham Maintenance and Service Employees Enterprise Agreement [2003] NSWIRComm 330

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION : Dairy Farmers Hexham Maintenance and Service Employees Enterprise Agreement [2003] NSWIRComm 330 Australian Co-Operative Foods Limited PARTIES : Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union, New South Wales Branch The Electrical Trades Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch FILE NUMBER: IRC 5235 of 2003 CORAM: Harrison DP CATCHWORDS : Application for approval of enterprise agreement - site specific agreement - maintenance and service employees Hexham facility - agreement approved. LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 HEARING DATES: 10/07/2003 EXTEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 10/10/2003

APPLICANT Mr P Ludeke LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENTS Mr G Mohan and Mr R Wilson

JUDGMENT: - 2 - INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

CORAM: HARRISON DP 10 October 2003

Matter No IRC 5235 of 2003

DAIRY FARMERS HEXHAM MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE EMPLOYEES ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT

Application by Australian Co-Operative Foods Limited for approval of enterprise agreement

DECISION [2003] NSWIRComm 330

1 This is an application by Australian Co-Operative Foods Limited (trading in New South Wales as Dairy Farmers) ('the company') seeking approval of an enterprise agreement between the company and its employees at the company's Hexham site in the classifications set out in Appendix A to the application.

2 The application was subject to hearing on 7 October 2003. Mr P Ludeke appeared as agent on behalf of the company with Ms W Crawford. Mr G Mohan appeared on behalf of the Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union, New South Wales Branch; Mr R Wilson appeared on behalf of the Electrical Trades Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch, ("the Unions").