Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch
Reference No CA 21/04
Determination date 27 February 2004
Member H Doyle
Representation T Wilton ; P Churchman
Location Christchurch
Parties Pickering and Anor v Timaru Herald, a division of INL Publishing Ltd
Other Parties New Zealand Amalgamated Engineering Printing & Manufacturing Union
Summary DISPUTE - Application for determination that first applicant not bound by collective agreement - First applicant employed by respondent - Second applicant union and respondent parties to CA - CA covered work performed by first applicant - Class of membership for union members who had not authorised union to represent collective interests - Class of membership not reflected in CA - Full Court found s56 Employment Relations Act 2000 prevailed over s18 ERA - Unnecessary for union to have permission of members to negotiate collective employment terms - First applicant bound by CA
Result Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
Statutes ERA s18(1);ERA s18(2);ERA s56(1);ERA s56(1)(b);ERA Part 5
Cases Cited National Union of Public Employees v New Zealand Customs Service unreported, Goddard CJ, Travis and Shaw JJ, 19 February 2004 WC 2/04;NZ Amalgamated Engineering Printing & Manufacturing Union Inc v APN (NZ) Ltd [2003] 2 ERNZ 11
Number of Pages 6
PDF File Link: ca 21_04.pdf [pdf 27 KB]