[2006] NZEmpC AC 39/06 Epic Packaging Ltd v NZ Amalgamated Engineering Printing & Manufacturing Union [pdf, 123 KB]
...Cleary and Parvez Akbar, Counsel for Plaintiff Helen White, Counsel for Defendant Peter Cranney, Counsel for New Zealand Council for Trade Unions Inc as Intervener by leave Judgment: 21 July 2006 Judgment of Full Court [1] This case addresses the novel and important question how unions can persuade employers to join existing collective employment agreements as subsequent parties. In particular, it decides whether the statutory bargaining process, which includes access...