Ports unions set to hit BHP with 24
Unionized workers at BHP's Port Hedland operations have scheduled a 24-hour strike for August 9 following stalled bargaining negotiations. This follows a previous eight-hour strike and a planned ship-loading ban.
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Industrial action at major mining hubs can significantly impact global supply chains and commodity exports.
Unionised BHP staff participated in an eight-hour strike in Port Hedland earlier in July. ( ABC News: Kimberley Putland )
Unionised workers at BHP's port operations in Port Hedland are set to strike again, after giving the miner the required five days' notice.
The strike, the second by unionised workers at the Western Australian port in weeks, will take place over 24 hours.
Workers will down tools on August 9 if next Tuesday's bargaining meeting before the Fair Work Commission fails to produce an agreement, following a 24-hour ship-loading ban the day before.
Link copied Share Share article BHP is facing renewed industrial action in Western Australia's Pilbara, with unions lodging notice of a 24-hour strike against the mining giant.
Unions representing workers at BHP's operations in Port Hedland have lodged notice with the Fair Work Commission of the day-long action.
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