The ETU WA has accused BHP of importing “American Amazon-style tactics" into WA, warning the mining giant its lucrative Pilbara exports will grind to a halt if refuses to engage on wage disparities.
Workers at BHP's Port Hedland operations have overwhelmingly endorsed protected industrial action after more than six months of negotiations over a new workplace agreement.
Union members have been locked out of CBH Group's Kwinana Grain Terminal on the first day of rolling stoppages designed to push the co-op into stumping up a bigger pay rise.
Striking workers at CBH Group's Kwinana terminal will begin rolling stoppages next week in their bid to overhaul pay and conditions at the state's largest grain export hub.
Workers planning industrial action at BAE Systems' Henderson shipyard have been turned away from the facility today, according to the Electrical Trades Union's WA branch.
Unions and major companies are going head to head over proposed labour hire laws, with the latter arguing higher pay rates will threaten business viability.
More than 450 workers on Chevron's Pilbara gas operations have backed industrial action over a pay dispute between unions and the multinational gas giant.
