Inpex strike: Offshore Alliance says pay deal agreed to end Ichthys industrial fight
Unions say they have reached a new pay deal with Japan’s Inpex after strikes disrupted production at the Ichthys operation off WA’s coast and in Darwin.
Unions say they have reached a new pay deal with Japan’s Inpex after strikes disrupted production at the Ichthys operation off WA’s coast and in Darwin.
The Offshore Alliance — a joint collaboration between the Australian Workers’ Union and the Maritime Union of Australia — said the deal was reached early Wednesday.
It follows months of escalating industrial disputes that led to strikes and intervention by the Fair Work Commission.
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About 400 workers will need to approve the deal in a ballot.
“It is a dispute which should have been settled months earlier, had there been a different approach to negotiations,” the unions said in a social media post.
“But the final bargaining outcome is a credit to all parties who have settled their differences and negotiated agreed industrial outcomes.”
Inpex last week asked the Fair Work Commission to stop the strike on energy security grounds last week but was unsuccessful.
Ichthys comprises two vessels off WA’s coast which pipe gas to processing trains in Darwin for export.
Originally published as Inpex strike: Offshore Alliance says pay deal agreed to end Ichthys industrial fight
