Sydney Water is facing potential industrial action as early as tomorrow, with unions this morning expected to tell the FWC that members have rejected the tribunal's recommended deal to settle their bargaining dispute.
Chevron is accusing unions of ignoring a FWC recommendation to halt industrial action set to begin on Thursday while negotiations continue today before Commissioner Bernie Riordan to iron out differences that emerged after the parties reached a settlement on September 22.
DP World is calling on the MUA to call off further protected action at the company's container terminals from Sunday to enable further bargaining negotiations, warning it is actively looking into "alternatives" to maintain services.
A FWC member is recommending "a good deal" to settle a Sydney Water bargaining dispute that would boost wages by 11%, provide a one-off $2000 cost of living payment and facilitate a new classification framework to bust through the utility's "glass ceiling".
The Offshore Alliance is about to resume industrial action at Chevron's Gorgon and Wheatstone onshore LNG processing facilities, amid accusations the energy giant reneged on a commitment to incorporate FWC peace deal recommendations into its agreements.
In the wake of Chevron and unions backing a FWC recommendation to resolve their bargaining dispute, a FWC full bench has today temporarily adjourned the company's intractable bargaining declaration application, but has left the door open for unions to file a strike-out motion.
After overseeing three further days of negotiations, FWC member Bernie Riordan says Chevron and unions are "on the precipice" of "historical first agreements" and has urged them to accept by 9am tomorrow his recommendation to resolve the bargaining dispute or risk the settled issues "simply evaporating".
Victoria's Andrews Labor government says the FWC should order a "confined" four-week period of post-declaration bargaining if it grants the IBD sought by the UFU in a bid to break a deadlock with Fire Rescue Victoria.
FWC President Adam Hatcher today timetabled Chevron's applications for three intractable bargaining declarations at its Western Australian LNG operations, setting down a full bench hearing hearing from September 22, while also directing the company to resume mediation.
As Chevron workers prepare to start industrial action this afternoon and the FWC continues week-long talks to resolve the underlying bargaining dispute for its Wheatstone downstream and Gorgon facilities, the tribunal's president will conduct a preliminary hearing next week of the company's bid for an intractable bargaining declaration for its Wheatstone platform.
