Saturday, September 10, 2011

Deal suspends workers' fines over illegal strike - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Deal suspends workers' fines over illegal strike - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
A deal for a seven year moratorium on illegal strikes at three of Western Australia's biggest resource projects, may hinge on the recommendation of the federal construction watchdog.

The members of three unions walked off the job at Woodside's Pluto gas project over an accommodation dispute last year, in defiance of an industrial order.

More than 1,300 unionists were sued by 13 construction companies and face individual fines totalling up to $5 million.

The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, the Manufacturing Workers Union and the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union have agreed that in return for suspending the fines, the two unions will not take any unlawful industrial action at Woodside's Pluto, Browse and North West Shelf projects for the next seven years.

1 comment:

  1. Another one of Barnetts deals deep in poo.
    http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/barnett-threat-to-griffin-exports/story-e6frg9df-1226134304023

    And who was the red neck dope who said we needed this?
    http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/economics/gas-rush-may-spur-huge-rise-in-prices-in-southern-states/story-e6frg926-1226134309733

    ReplyDelete