Transport Industry (State) Award - Application by Transport Workers' Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch for a new award; Application by Employers' Federation of New South Wales for variation of award. [2000] NSWIRComm 42

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION : Transport Industry (State) Award - Application by Transport Workers' Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch for a new award; Application by Employers' Federation of New South Wales for variation of award. [2000] NSWIRComm 42 Transport Workers' Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch New South Wales Road Transport Association Inc PARTIES : Employers' Federation of New South Wales Australian Business Industrial Australian Industry Group Labor Council of New South Wales FILE NUMBER: IRC6475 of 1998 CORAM: Wright J President; Peterson J; Connor C CATCHWORDS : Award - Application for new Award - Special Case - Wage Fixing Principles - Wage increases consented to by majority parties - Effect of agreement between parties. State Wage Case August 1997 (1997) 73 IR 200 State Wage Case June 1998 (1998) 79 IR 416 CASES CITED : State Wage Case June 1999 (1999) 88 IR 363 Re Transport Industry (State) Award (unreported, Full Bench, IRC96/5261, 20 December 1996) Re Carpenters and Joiners and Bricklayers, Construction Award [1968] AR (NSW) 32 HEARING DATES: 02/01/2000; 02/02/2000; 02/03/2000; 02/04/2000; 02/28/2000; 03/01/2000; 03/02/2000 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/31/2000

APPLICANT Mr A Hatcher (of counsel) for the Transport Workers' Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch Mr S Skyring for the Employers' Federation of New South Wales RESPONDENTS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: Mr Higgins (of counsel) with Mr M Baroni for the New South Wales Road Transport Association Inc Mr G Poulton with Ms L Brooks for Australian Business Industrial Mr B O'Donnell and Ms J Lowlett for Australian Industry Group Mr Lennon for the Labor Council of New South Wales