Bluescope Steel v Australian Workers Union, New South Wales (No 3) [2006] NSWIRComm 307

Industrial Court of New South Wales

CITATION: Bluescope Steel v Australian Workers Union, New South Wales (No 3) [2006] NSWIRComm 307

PROSECUTOR Bluescope Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd PARTIES: DEFENDANT Australian Workers' Union, New South Wales

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 2779 of 2004

CORAM: Boland J

Industrial dispute - Contravention of dispute orders - Steel industry - Industrial dispute over dismissal of an employee in Coke Ovens - Strike action taken in protest at dismissal - Dispute orders made in connection with dispute over dismissal banning industrial action for one month - Industrial action taken on plant-wide basis over enterprise bargaining and outsourcing - Industrial action over enterprise bargaining and outsourcing occurring during period of operation of dispute orders - Whether union official held a genuine and honest belief that dispute orders did not apply to industrial action over enterprise bargaining and outsourcing - Held such genuine and honest belief existed - No penalty imposed CATCHWORDS: Industrial action - Industrial dispute - Contravention of dispute orders - Steel industry - Industrial dispute over dismissal of an employee in Coke Ovens- Strike action taken in protest at dismissal - Dispute orders made in connection with dispute over dismissal banning industrial action for one month - Industrial action taken on plant-wide basis over enterprise bargaining and outsourcing - Industrial action over enterprise bargaining and outsourcing occurring during period of operation of dispute orders - Whether union official held a genuine and honest belief that dispute orders did not apply to industrial action over enterprise bargaining and outsourcing - Held such genuine and honest belief existed - No penalty imposed