Port Waratah Coal Services Enterprise Agreement 2007 [2007] NSWIRComm 1093

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION: Port Waratah Coal Services Enterprise Agreement 2007 [2007] NSWIRComm 1093

APPLICANT Port Waratah Coal Services Limited RESPONDENTS Seaman's Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch PARTIES: Transport Workers' Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union, New South Wales Branch New South Wales Local Government, Clerical, Administrative, Energy, Airlines and Utilities Union Australia Workers' Union, Greater New South Wales Branch Electrical Trades Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, New South Wales Branch

FILE NUMBER(S): 2077 of 2007

CORAM: Stanton C

CATCHWORDS: Application for approval of enterprise agreement - s 146A Referral Agreement - Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales empowered to resolve disputes under enterprise agreement and proposed federal collective agreement - agreement approved.

LEGISLATION CITED: Industrial Relations Act 1996

HEARING DATES: 21 November 2007

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 21 November 2007

APPLICANT: MR B WILLIAMSON, Solicitor with Messrs M Golding, W Carman and Miss K Jackson

RESPONDENTS: MR J BOYLE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: for Seaman's Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch; Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union, New South Wales Branch; Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, New South Wales Branch; Electrical Trades Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch. MR G RODGER for Transport Workers' Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch. MR N MARTIN for New South Wales Local Government, Clerical, Administrative, Energy, Airlines and Utilities Union