BlueScope Steel (AIS) Pty Limited v. Australian Workers' Union [2004] NSWIRComm 1125

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION: BlueScope Steel (AIS) Pty Limited v. Australian Workers' Union [2004] NSWIRComm 1125 APPLICANT BlueScope Steel (AIS) Pty Limited PARTIES: RESPONDENT Australian Workers' Union FILE NUMBER: 6951 of 2004 CORAM: Connor C CATCHWORDS: strike - restructuring of operations - dispute order LEGISLATION CITED: Industrial Relations Act 1996 CASES CITED: BlueScope Steel Disputes Case [2004] NSWIRComm 222 HEARING DATES: 12/07/2004 EXTEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE: 12/07/2004 APPLICANT Aaron Dearden Blake Dawson Waldron

REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENT Andy Gillespie Australian Workers' Union

DECISION: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

CORAM: CONNOR C

Tuesday, 7 December, 2004

Matter No IRC 6951 of 2004

BlueScope Steel (AIS) Pty Limited and the Australian Workers' Union, New South Wales Branch

Dispute notification under S.130 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1996 re strike action by products berth operators

DECISION

[2004] NSWIRComm 1125

1 Pursuant to the provisions of S.130 of the 1996 Industrial Relations Act, a notification of an industrial dispute has been lodged for and on behalf of BlueScope Steel (AIS) Pty Limited. Operators employed by BlueScope Steel at its products berth at Port Kembla commenced a strike on Monday, 29 November, 2004. Those employees are members of the Australian Workers' Union and they are covered by the terms of the BlueScope Steel (AIS) Pty Limited - Port Kembla Steelworks Employees Award and the BHP Steel (AIS) Pty Limited Port Kembla Products Berth Enterprise Development Agreement (with respect to which negotiations are currently taking place between BlueScope Steel and the AWU).