The Australian Workers’ Union

[2013] FWCA 6484

[2013] FWCA 6484

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

The Australian Workers’ Union
(AG2013/8849)

WORKFORCE INTERNATIONAL QENOS POLYMERS (PLASTICS/RESINS) PLANT CADETSHIP UNION AGREEMENT 2013

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER RYAN	MELBOURNE, 3 SEPTEMBER 2013

Application for approval of the Workforce International Qenos Polymers (Plastics/Resins) Plant Cadetship Union Agreement 2013.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Workforce International Qenos Polymers (Plastics/Resins) Plant Cadetship Union Agreement 2013 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) and was made by The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU). The agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[3] An undertaking has been given in relation to clauses 24(c) and 27(C) of the Agreement and this undertaking has become a term of the Agreement in accordance with s.191(1) of the Act and is appended at Appendix A.

[4] The Australian Workers’ Union, being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. As required by s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54(1), will operate from 10 September 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2015.

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