Chevron workers have gone against the umpire’s recommendations to cancel industrial action this Thursday.
Workers at Chevron’s LNG Gorgon and Wheatstone plants have rejected a recommendation to withdraw their strike plans for this Thursday as the gas giant accuses unions of withholding agreement on a new deal.
despite Fair Work commissioner Bernie Riordan strongly advising the union to pull the action during final negotiations.The unions have accused Chevron of reneging on an in-principle deal by departing fromon travel allowances and refusing to guarantee bonuses and allowances. The spokesman said Chevron and unions had accepted Mr Riordan’s clarifications to his original recommendations on issues in dispute, and had participated in meaningful negotiations last week.“Conversely, the unions have continued to add matters into dispute and are now withholding agreements on other matters on the basis that they do not have instruction from members, despite holding mass meetings with members on October 13 and 14,” the spokesman said.
The Offshore Alliance on Sunday said that Chevron had urged workers on Friday to tell the unions what they want to do with the strike. By Sunday, 91 per cent of 410 voting members supported industrial action kicking off on Thursday – for the second time.