Unions at Chevron's liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Australia reaffirmed their plan to resume strikes this week as mediated talks continued on Monday, sparking angry comments from the company saying workers were being unreasonable.
An in-principle deal that ended weeks of strikes in September fell apart earlier this month after unions said Chevron had reneged on commitments and vowed to resume strikes at the Gorgon and Wheatstone sites, which supply around 6% of the world's LNG.
As a fourth day of talks began, a representative of the Offshore Alliance, a coalition of two unions, told Reuters the parties were apart on key issues and Chevron would need to change its position to avoid strikes restarting. At Chevron's request, the Offshore Alliance said it held a ballot over the weekend and 91% of members reaffirmed an earlier decision to resume strikes from Oct. 19, according to a social media post on Sunday.
Chevron said late on Sunday it was "extremely disappointed" by the vote to stick with the strike plan, against the arbitrator's request.
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