Shell cancelled shipments from the facility in June, blaming industrial action related "bans" which stopped workers unloading cargo from the facility at certain times. Negotiations on a new agreement began in 2020 but broke down when Shell wouldn't offer pay rises, Mr Walton said in June. The dispute onboard Prelude centred around pay rises for workers onboard, job security and superannuation increases. "Then everyone can get back to doing what they do best and focus on their day to day jobs and ultimately we want to make sure this facility is successful and our members have good jobs." End to months-long dispute "Sure tensions get strained throughout these processes and it's difficult for everyone involved but at the end of the day hopefully it will be voted up formally," he said. He said members supported the new agreement, which still needed to be voted on, and many would be returning to the facility to get back to work. "Thankfully at the end of the day common sense has prevailed we ended up with an outcome late last night and we went to our members this morning and presented it," Mr Walton said. "Members were able to secure a range of improvements to their pay and rostering arrangements along with, critically, new job security and career progression provisions," an alliance spokesperson said.Īustralian Workers' Union national secretary Dan Walton said it was a relief they had finally reached an agreement with Shell.
The Offshore Alliance, a partnership between the Australian Workers' Union and the Maritime Union of Australia, said they were "celebrating" the in-principle enterprise agreement.ĭan Walton says members are relieved to have reached the end of the dispute. "We are now focused on moving forward with our workforce, returning to safe, stable production and delivering affordable, reliable energy to our customers to meet the critical demands on energy security." "Our strong preference was for this to be resolved through an agreement and confident this was the best outcome for our workforce. "The process to formally lift the work bans in place under the Protected Industrial Actions is expected to be completed shortly, which will enable the facility to commence the process to prepare for a hydrocarbon restart," the spokesperson said. Shell, unions 'celebrate' agreementĪ Shell spokesperson said the company was "pleased to confirm an in-principle enterprise agreement has been reached with the Australian Workers' Union and Electrical Trades Union". The facility shut down temporarily after a fire was detected onboard in December but was later cleared by the industry regulator and brought back online in April this year. The multi-billion dollar facility was brought online in 2019, but has been plagued by technical problems, safety concerns and cost blow outs. The industrial action, which began in early June, led to Shell putting a halt to shipments leaving the facility 400 kilometres off the Kimberley coast and a shutdown in production amid soaring gas prices.
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