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AMWU organiser Phil Goldby (Photo: AMWU)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 30, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contractors involved in the current shut-down work being carried at Tarong Power Station are conducting a series of rolling stopworks as part of prolonged negotiations over a new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement.<\/p>\n

About 80 workers contracted by\u00a0MHPS-ANZ Plant Services are involved in the industrial action which began on Tuesday during the day shift with two two-hour stoppages followed by a one-hour stoppage.<\/p>\n

Similar stoppages were scheduled to occur on Tuesday evening during the night shift and then continue again on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Members of the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union and the Australian Workers Union are taking part in the protected industrial action.<\/p>\n

southburnett.com.au<\/strong> understands workers from the CFMEU Construction division have also applied for protected status to join the dispute.<\/p>\n

AMWU organiser Phil Goldby, who met with the contractors on Tuesday, said the EBA negotiations had begun last Christmas but since then a restructuring of the workforce had taken place and negotiations had broken down.<\/p>\n

(Downer acquired the remaining 73 per cent of shares in MHPS-ANZ earlier this month.\u00a0 MHPS-ANZ – formerly part of Clyde Babcock Hitachi (CBH) – was formed in 2014 between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi.)<\/p>\n

Mr Goldby said the agreement put forward by Downer sought to increase working hours from 36 hours to 38 hours a week, which was equivalent to a pay cut of 5 per cent in real terms when lost overtime was taken into consideration.<\/p>\n

He said non-tradespeople would be 7.5 per cent worse off under the proposed agreement, while semi-skilled would be 2.5 per cent out of pocket.<\/p>\n

In contrast, the union had a sought a 2.5 per cent increase per year, which was “just to keep up with the cost of living”.<\/p>\n

The EBA negotiations also involve MHPS-ANZ contractors at other sites across Queensland, including Callide Power Station, Queensland Alumina at Gladstone and Queensland Nitrates at Moura.<\/p>\n

Mr Goldby said the workers would be voting electronically on Thursday \/ Friday whether or not to accept the Downer agreement.<\/p>\n

“If the agreement goes down, we’ll make sure we’re back around the negotiating table as soon as possible,” Mr Goldby said.<\/p>\n

Comment has been sought from Downer at North Ryde in NSW.<\/p>\n

A Stanwell spokesperson said the corporation did not expect to suffer any delays in the current shutdown work due to the stoppages.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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UPDATE October 31:<\/strong> southburnett.com.au<\/strong> received the following response from Downer: “Downer does not have a comment at this stage”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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