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Published on Monday, 10 May, 2010

IBM has failed to meet an ultimatum set by the Australian Services Union (ASU) to agree on a date to negotiate a collective employee agreement.

The ASU last Friday successfully won the right to have IBM negotiate directly with the union on a number of matters. The ASU set the deadline after IBM said it needed to ask for legal advice on what it should do, according to the union.

"Fair Work Australia determined that the ASU has a right to represent the IBM workers and a majority of people at the Baulkham Hills flight deck want an enterprise agreement, so under the Fair Work Laws, IBM has to negotiate with us 'in good faith'," ASU spokesperson Sally McManus told ZDNet Australia.

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