IBM has reached an agreement with employees at its Flightdeck facility in Baulkham Hills who had been threatening to strike for better conditions.
The chance of industrial action at IBM's Baulkham Hills, Sydney facility has dropped dramatically after a workers' meeting last night broadly accepted the direction that union negotiations with Big Blue had taken.
Unionised workers at IBM's Baulkham Hills facility in Sydney will vote on the company's latest employment offer tonight, according to the Australian Services Union.
Workers at IBM's Baulkham Hills, Sydney facility were not happy with the offer IBM presented them yesterday, and have sent representatives back to negotiate, according to the Australian Services Union (ASU).
IBM is set to hand a new employment offer to some employees at its Baulkham Hills facility today after workers there decided to call off a planned strike to allow negotiations to go ahead between the company and the Australian Services Union (ASU).
IBM has been offering money for people to become replacement or "scab" labour to fill the gap made when IBM Flightdeck workers strike, according to the Australian Services Union.
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