Workers responsible for electrical operations at a major iron ore shipping facility in Western Australia are warning they may walk off the job before the financial year concludes on June 30, according to union representatives who made the announcement Friday.
The facility in question is BHP’s Port Hedland bulk export terminal, where tensions between management and electrical workers appear to be escalating.
Union leader Adam Woodage delivered a direct message to company executives, stating: “BHP needs to take notice and Tim Day needs to take notice that he needs to negotiate with us.” Woodage was addressing Tim Day, who serves as the mining company’s head of iron ore operations in Western Australia.
The potential work stoppage comes as negotiations between the union and BHP management have apparently reached an impasse, prompting workers to consider strike action as leverage in their dispute.
