Fed: Port Kembla BHP workers vote for 24 hour strike AWU

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-1999
Fed: Port Kembla BHP workers vote for 24 hour strike AWU

The Australian Workers Union says the first of two stopwork meetings at BHP's giant
Port Kembla steelworks has voted for a 24-hour strike in January.

The union says the other meeting this afternoon is also expected to vote to strike.

The AWU, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union and the Electrical Trades Union,
are protesting at what they believe are BHP plans to introduce non-union contracts.

Last month, BHP Iron Ore enticed a third of its 1,000-strong Pilbara mining workforce
to sign Western Australian Workplace Agreements, and refused to renegotiate the existing
enterprise bargaining agreement with unions.

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