Chevron has asked Australia's Fair Work Commission (FWC) to intervene in its dispute with workers on strike at two major liquefied natural gas facilities, banking on new laws that came into effect in June and which empower the industrial arbitrator to force parties into an agreement they themselves are unable to make. The tribunal will hold its first, and so far only, hearing on Sept. 22. Talks between Chevron and the workers' unions broke down last week without a deal, and the industrial action is scheduled to escalate to two weeks of 24-hour stoppages on Thursday.
SYDNEY - Chevron has asked Australia's Fair Work Commission to intervene in its dispute with workers on strike at two major liquefied natural gas facilities, banking on new laws that came into effect in June and which empower the industrial arbitrator to force parties into an agreement they themselves are unable to make.
Purvinas, who is also a lawyer, said in the Virgin dispute, four years of negotiations without a deal had worked against the union's case. Chevron would have to demonstrate a sustained attempt to negotiate with unions for the tribunal to rule in its favour, he added."These laws were not designed so companies can just refuse to negotiate and turn around and say we can’t make any headway because of their own action of not negotiating," Purvinas said.
Strikes could actually demonstrate workers were so committed to bargaining that they were willing to stop work and forgo wages, she added.HOW LONG WILL THE HEARING TAKE?
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