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Industrial action on cards for Offshore Alliance members at Applus+
Offshore Alliance members have overwhelmingly voted to push ahead with industrial action to further bargaining claims that will improve job security, rostering and conditions at Applus+.
The Offshore Alliance, comprised of The Australian Workers’ Union and the Maritime Union of Australia, was forced to seek approval for the action from the Fair Work Commission after Applus+ repeatedly rejected the Alliance’s key enterprise agreement claims.
The latest decision comes after months of stalling by Applus+ which had to be forced into commencing bargaining with around 100 of its employees who perform work on Woodside facilities – both onshore and offshore – by the Offshore Alliance through an application to the Fair Work Commission.
Border bans mean strikes hit harder: employers
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Resources employers are demanding greater barriers to industrial action due to concerns coronavirus restrictions and states hard borders will exacerbate the impact of strikes on major projects.
The Australian Mines and Metals Association has called on Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter to increase the notices for industrial action from a maximum seven days to at least two weeks, in line with quarantine periods, and ensure the tribunal can consider pandemic issues that would make it difficult for employers to respond to a strike.
Woodside s Pluto onshore gas plant in WA is one of the sites that could be disrupted by strike action.