Automotive, Metals and Engineering Industrial Union of Employees, Queensland v Printing and Kindred Industries Union of Employees, Queensland Branch [1995] QIRC 375 (1995) 150 QGIG 169

168 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE (8 September, 1995 8 Septembe r, 199 5] QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 169 ## ## ### # ### ############ # ############################### QUEENSLAND INDUSTRIAL RE I.. ATIONS COMM ISSION Industrial Re lations Act 1990 s. 397 - applicat ion for declaration of co mm un i ty of inte rest Auto motive. Me tals and Eng inee ring Indu str ial Union of Emp loyees, Queensland AN D Pri nting and Kin dred Industries Union of Empl oyees, Queensland Bra nch (No U29 of 1995) CIJIEF INDUS TRI AL CO MM ISS ION ER HALL In these circumstances s. 397(5) requi res that I must be satisfied that there is a co mmun ity of interest bet we en the two industr ial org ani sations in relat ion to their industrial in terests. Sect io n 397(4) requires that I so declare. I de cl are that a communi ty of in terest exists bet ween i\MEUQ and PK IU in relation to their in du str ial in terests. Da ted th is twe nty-th ird day of August, 1995. D. R. HALL, Chieflndustrial Commi ss ion er. Appearances:- Mr .J . Murdo ch , in st ructed by Quin l an , Mi ller an d Treston for AM EUQ and P KI U. 23 August 1995 Operat ive Dat e: 15 August 19 95 De ci sion - Declaration Granted Applic ati on for De clarat ion or Community of In terest - Obligation to Released 24 August 19 95 Grant if Section Sati sfi ed - De cl aration Granted. ############################## # ######################## DEC ISION On 26 J uly 1995 the Automo ti ve, Met al s an d En g in eering Industrial Un ion of Employees, Queens land and the Printing an d Kindred Industries Union of Employees, Queensland Branch joi nt ly applied under s. 397 of the Act fo r a communi ty of in terest declarat io n. Hav in g heard Mr Murdoch of Counsel for the Appl ica nts I am satisfied that a su bstantial n um ber of mem bers of:- 1. The Pri nting and Kin dred In dus tr ies Union of Employees. Queensland Bra nch ("the PK IU"), arc eligible to become me mbers of the Automoti ve, Metals a nd Engineering Industrial Union of Empl oyees, Queensland (''the AMEUQ'"}. 2. The AMEUQ are eligi bl e to become mem bers of the PKIU. 3. The PKI U are engaged in the same wo rk or in aspects of the same or similar work as members of the AMEUQ. 4. The AMEUQ are engaged i11 the same wo rk or in aspects of the same or simi la r work as members of the PK IU. 5. The PK IU are bound by the same awards as mem bers of the i\MEUQ. 6. The i\MEUQ arc bound by the same awards as members of the PKJU. 7. The PK IU are employed in the same or similar work by employers engaged in th e same indust ry as members of the AMEUQ. 8 The AMEUQ are employed in the same or similar wo rk by employers engaged in the same industry as members of the PK IU 9. T he PKIU are engaged in work. or in in dustri es, in relation to which there is a community of interest wi th members of the AMEUQ. JO . The AMEUQ are engaged in wo rk, or in industries. in relation to which there is a community of inte rest with members of the PK IU 16303 _ 1. DOC -- 1 of 1 --