Chevron Accepts Recommendation from Australian Arbiter in LNG Labor Dispute
21 Septiembre 2023 - 6:40PM
Noticias Dow Jones
By Rhiannon Hoyle
U.S. energy giant Chevron said it has accepted a recommendation
from Australia's workplace arbiter, as it seeks to end a labor
dispute affecting two giant natural-gas operations.
In a statement late Thursday, a spokesperson for Chevron said
the company had been provided with and accepted a recommendation
from a Fair Work commissioner to resolve outstanding issues with
workers at its Gorgon and Wheatstone operations, without providing
further details.
"We have informed the commissioner of our position and written
to the unions and other employee bargaining representatives
confirming our acceptance," the spokesperson said in the
statement.
A spokesperson for Offshore Alliance, a partnership of two local
unions, couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
In written remarks earlier this week, the union coalition's
spokesman, Brad Gandy, said negotiations before the commissioner
had been "useful and resulted in some concessions on both sides."
However, an offer made by Chevron at the end of the talks had
failed to meet the terms and conditions union officials have been
seeking, he said.
Workers at the operations recently began industrial action,
jolting global gas markets. Australia rivals Qatar as the world's
largest exporter of LNG, and the Chevron facilities are among
Australia's largest, accounting for about 7% of global LNG supply,
according to Wood Mackenzie, a commodities research and consulting
company.
Write to Rhiannon Hoyle at rhiannon.hoyle@wsj.com
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