Second Wave Submission

CMFEU Construction and General Division

September 1999

Introduction

The Commission
Unions
Collective Bargaining


1. Allowable Matters

Introduction
1.2 Paragraph 89A(2)(a) – Skills Based Classification Structures
1.3 Paragraph 89A(2)(i) – Public Holidays
1.4 Paragraph 89A(2)(j) - Allowances
1.5 Paragraph 89A(2)(m) - Redundancy
1.6 Paragraph 89A(2)(n) – Notice of Termination
1.7 Paragraph 89A(2)(q) – Jury Service
1.8 Subsection 89A(3)
1.9 Subsection 89A(3A) – Other Restrictions
1.10 Accident Pay
1.11 Superannuation


2. Certified Agreements as De Facto Demarcation Instruments

2.1 Section 43(2)


3. Industrial Action

4. Pattern Bargaining

4.1 Introduction.
4.2 A Problem of Definition.
4.3 What Drives ‘Pattern Bargaining’?
4.4 The International Context.
4.5 The Government’s Double Standards on Pattern Bargaining.


5. The Employment Advocate

5.1 Anti-union Approach of the OEA
5.2 Contravention of International Obligations
5.3 Inappropriate Investigative Methods.


6. Closed Shops

7. Independent Contractors

United we bargain - Divided we beg.

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