NSW Caselaw
Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales
CITATION: Electrical Trades Union of Australia v. BlueScope Steel (AIS) Pty Limited [2005] NSWIRComm 1065
APPLICANT Electrical Trades Union of Australia
PARTIES: RESPONDENT BlueScope Steel (AIS) Pty Limited
FILE NUMBER(S): 4510 and 4763 of 2004
CORAM: Connor C
industrial dispute - overtime ban - strike - refusal of duty - steelworks - breaches of road safety - need for induction to drive on certain coal roads at the steelworks - driving offences - demerit points system for traffic violations - unfairness in suspension - excessive penalty for safety breaches - jurisdiction in S.130 proceedings - declaratory relief - the meaning of the word "directions" in S.136(1)(a) - whether a refusal of duty may be deemed to constitute strike action CATCHWORDS:
LEGISLATION CITED: Industrial Relations Act 1996
Australian National Airlines Commission v. Robinson (1977) VR 87 Clark v. Pittwater RSL Club Limited (1998) 84 IR 309 Electricity Commission of New South Wales v. Swieringa (1975) AR 504 Furnace Demolishers Case (1960) AR 670 Kellogg (Australia) Pty Limited v. National Union of Workers (1998) 89 IR 391 CASES CITED: Re Loty and Holloway and the Australian Workers' Union (1971) AR 95 Mackie v. Weinholt (1880) 5 Qld SCR 211 Masters, Mates and Engineers (Geelong) Tugboat Award (1970) 28 IIB 1176 Pacific Power v. Crump (1993) 48 IR 296 Teacher's Case (unreported)
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