St John is seeking to finish its ongoing bargaining with First Union without finalising a collective agreement for employees, the union says.
St John Ambulance staff who are members of the First Union started a three month partial strike from Christmas Day, after collective agreement negotiations continued to break down.
Union spokesman Jared Abbott said he received confirmation today from the Employment Relations Authority today that St John had lodged an application to withdraw from bargaining.
Abbott claims St John spent less than two hours at the bargaining table and the service had never proposed terms for a collective agreement.
He said the news would only get more staff "off-side".
