Sept 22 (LNGJ) - Australia’s Offshore Alliance union agreed to the pay and conditions recommendation of the nation’s labor disputes arbitration body, the Fair Work Commissioner, and called off the strike by around 500 members at the Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG export plants in Western Australia that had failed to disrupt cargo flows.
“The Offshore Alliance will now work with Chevron to finalize the drafting of the agreements and members will soon cease current industrial action,” the unions said in a statement. The terms of the new wages and conditions agreements were not disclosed. “Chevron Australia has consistently engaged in meaningful negotiations in an effort to finalize Enterprise Agreements with market competitive remuneration and conditions,” said Chevron in its brief statement. The Offshore Alliance for the country's oil and gas industry comprises the Australian Workers’ Union and the Maritime Union of Australia.
