News
16.11.10
The unacceptable behaviour of AIMPE within New South Wales
Maritime Authority has put at grave risk the completion of an
enterprise agreement for ALL STAFF prior to the change of
government in New South Wales.
Many months of valuable negotiating time has been lost as AIMPE
has pursued a log of claims demanding a separate agreement for
their handful of members.
After failing to get support or agreement from any party AIMPE
made an application to the Industrial Relations Commission of NSW
to become a party to the Award, something they had previously
neglected to do.
The AMOU did not waste valuable resources in 'playing the AIMPE
GAME' with the inevitable result of getting a verbal spray after
the event.
In a decision following AIMPE's application to be a party to the
Award the Commission said the following:
"As a matter of
discretion for the forgoing reasons I consider a case has been
established for the Applicant (AIMPE) to vary the Award (then
become a party).
However in doing so the
Commission wishes to make it clear to (AIMPE) that in exercising
its descretion the Commission is not conferring a benefit on
(AIMPE) to engage in industrial jousting with any other party to
the award."
AIMPE has been put on notice.
Click
here to read the letter to AIMPE from the Combined Unions
Single Bargaining Unit at NSW Maritime. To date there has
been no reply.