Strike action in Australia’s LNG sector could begin as early as Sept. 2 if new talks between Woodside Energy Group Ltd. and union officials on pay and conditions fail to resolve disputes. Ballots are also taking place on potential walkouts by workers at Chevron Corp. facilities.
Any outages would threaten about 10% of global supply and a local export sector that generated an estimated A$92 billion in earnings in the year to June 30.
Aug. 9: Almost 150 Woodside workers vote in favor of potential action, including stoppages of between 30 minutes and four hours, and activities such as refusing to unload cargo other than food, water or medical supplies, to restart process gas compressors or generators, or to facilitate helicopter landings
Industrial action must start within 30 days of a completed ballot, unless the commission grants an extensionAug. 10: The commission approves requests by the AWU and CEPU to hold ballots on action among members at Chevron’s Gorgon LNG facility. Separately, the regulator approves both unions to hold votes among workers at the Wheatstone downstream LNG facilityAug.
Aug. 15: Talks take place between Woodside and unions on disputes at the North West Shelf operations. The sides remain apart on job security and remuneration, according to the Offshore Alliance, a group that includes the AWU Aug. 18: A ballot of workers at Chevron’s Gorgon and Wheatstone downstream facilities will begin, according to the allianceAug. 23: New discussions are expected to take place between Woodside and labor union officials. If disputes aren’t resolved by the end of that day workers have “unanimously endorsed” giving the company notice that staff will go ahead with industrial actionAug. 24: Ballot of workers at Gorgon and Wheatstone downstream expected to be finalized by 3 p.m.
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