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IBM negotiates with union after failed appeal

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Published on Thursday, 13 May, 2010

Workplace tribunal rules against Big Blue.

IBM has begun bargaining with the Australian Services Union (ASU) following a failed attempt to overturn orders to negotiate.

On April 23, national workplace tribunal Fair Work Australia (FWA) ordered IBM to bargain with ASU for a workplace agreement for infrastructure operators at its Baulkham Hills facility.

IBM appealed the decision and filed a stay application last Wednesday, arguing that the union may not be eligible to represent its Baulkham Hills employees.

But FWA declined to issue the stay in a hearing on Monday, when senior deputy president Alan Boulton determined that IBM "did not have an arguable case with a reasonable chance of success", ASU reported.

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