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FWA refuses bargaining order to halt employer's agreement ballot

The AMWU has failed in its bid for bargaining orders against Coates Hire, after Fair Work Australia rejected its argument that the employer breached good faith bargaining obligations by "surface bargaining" and unilaterally conducting an agreement ballot that coincided with the union's secret ballot to authorise industrial action.

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