An overwhelming 99% of Offshore Alliance members have voted to strike at Woodside Energy's Pluto LNG 2 facility, according to results released on the organisation's Facebook page on Thursday…
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An overwhelming 99% of Offshore Alliance members have voted to strike at Woodside Energy's Pluto LNG 2 facility, according to results released on the organisation's Facebook page on Thursday.
Around 400 members of the Electrical Trades Union also voted at close to 99% for protected industrial action - a legal strike - the union said separately.
Workers' representatives will now go back to members to discuss what form the action will take.
A strike could slow work at Pluto 2, a 5-million-metric-ton expansion of an existing facility in Western Australia's Pilbara region. Woodside hopes to ship its first liquefied natural gas cargo from Pluto 2 in the second half of 2026.
The Offshore Alliance is seeking a 30% pay rise, saying workers at Pluto 2 are receiving 30% less per hour than workers previously did doing the same job at the Wheatstone LNG project operated by Chevron.
The Alliance, comprising the Maritime Union of Australia and the Australian Workers Union, said in November that salary negotiations with contractor
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