A multinational employer will better remunerate offshore workers who were locked out until they accept negotiated pay and conditions.
Shell Group recently agreed to improve employment conditions after stopping pay due to an industrial dispute at the Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas facility, 475km off the shore of Broome.
Management will lift wages, job security, career progression provisions and rostering arrangements. The leadership team will also refrain from reducing the number of employees covered by this agreement, if more contractors and labour hire recruits are appointed.
The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) thanked the Fair Work Commission for mediating high-level talks with the employer.
“While it is disappointing that industrial action had to take place our members should be extremely proud of what they have secured for themselves, for their families and for each other,” Offshore Alliance spokesperson Daniel Walton said in a public statement.
“Our members are keen to get back to work as usual, [feeling] more secure in their jobs.”
The remarks came after the company barred workers for joining extended industrial action against parts of an enterprise bargaining agreement.
AWU claims it tried to reach a mutual agreement for Shell employees to receive a base salary ranging between $125,000 and $258,000 plus allowances. However, Shell management allegedly behaved obstructively, confrontationally and arrogantly after being asked to match Inpex pay rates.
The alliance now plans to hold similar talks with rival producer Woodside Energy, which reported a fourfold jump in net profit after tax to US$1.64 billion (A$2.38B) for the six months ending on 30 June 2022.
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