(Updates with developments from Oct. 5)
Oct 5 (Reuters) - Workers at Chevron's CVX.N two major Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects voted to restart strikes accusing the U.S. energy major on reneging its prior commitments.
Australia's Offshore Alliance union had called off strikes at Chevron's CVX.N facilities after the union and Chevron accepted proposals from the country's industrial arbitrator, resolving a fight that threatened to disrupt around 7% of the world's LNG supply.
Chevron had been negotiating with the workers for months at the same as Australia's Woodside Energy (WDS) , which managed to avert strikes in August after reaching a deal.
Here is a sequence of events leading up to the strike action: Date Development Aug. 9 Workers at Woodside's liquefied LNG
facilities in Australia vote for industrial action. Aug. 10 Chevron and Woodside say they are holdingtalks with union to avert any potential action by the workers. Aug. 11 Australia's labor regulator, the Fair WorkCommission, allows workers' union to hold a ballot of employees to decide if they wanted to make a decision on taking industrial action at Chevron's Gorgon and downstream Wheatstone LNG facilities. Aug. 15 Negotiations between Chevron, Woodside EnergyGroup and Australian unions continue but a source with knowledge of the matter tells Reuters that the talks are unlikely to yield results for days. Aug. 16 Woodside says "positive progress" was beingmade on talks with a union alliance on disputes over the wages of workers. Aug. 16 The Offshore Alliance says during thenegotiations Woodside was "well off the pace on key bargaining issues including job security and remuneration." Aug. 18 Voting opens in Chevron'sfacilities to let workers decide if they want to strike due to disputes over wages and working conditions. Aug. 20 Unions at Woodside's North West Shelfoffshore gas platforms announce plans to strike as early as Sept. 2. Aug. 22 Woodside CEO Meg O'Neil says the company hashad "constructively addressed" several concerns of workers but said it also has a duty to shareholders to be able to run the business. Aug. 23 Woodside and unions meet for another round oftalks to avoid the strikes. Aug. 23 Chevron's Australian unit says it wouldincrease domestic gas production capacity at its Wheatstone facility. Aug. 24 Woodside reaches an in-principle agreementwith unions to avert strikes. Aug. 24 Workers at Chevron's Gorgon and Wheatstonedownstream facilities vote to allow unions to call for a strike if necessary. Aug. 25 Unions at Chevron's LNG facilities inAustralia warn that work stoppages could cost the U.S. energy major billions in exports if workers' demands on wages and conditions were not met. Aug. 28 Workers at Chevron's offshore Wheatstonefacility grant unions the power to call strikes on their behalf. Aug. 28 Unions representing workers at Chevron's twomajor Australian LNG complexes say that they will take industrial action from Sept. 7. Aug. 29 Chevron's workers release details ofindustrial action including potential work stoppages of up to 10 hours. Sept. 1 Chevron workers reject a company pay andconditions offer. Sept. 1 The offshore alliance says no meetings havebeen scheduled between unions and Chevron. Sept. 4 Mediation talks to avert strikes at Chevron'sLNG facilities in Australia begin once again. Sept. 5 Chevron workers announce plans for totalstrikes from Sept. 14 if their demands were not met. Sept. 5 Some employees of Chevron's Wheatstone LNGfacility in Australia offer to work during industrial action in a bid to avert domestic supply disruptions, the Offshore alliance says. Sept. 6 Workers at Chevron's LNG facilities agree topause planned strike action for one day until Sept. 8. Sept. 7 Chevron's LNG workers agree to delay thestrike until 1 p.m. local time in Perth (0500 GMT) on Sept. 8 from the earlier scheduled start at 6 a.m. in Perth. Sept. 8 Workers at Chevron's LNG project begin strikeas talks between the company and the unions fail to yield any results. Sept. 9 Chevron starts withdrawing contractor workersfrom Gorgon as the strike continues. Sept. 11 Chevron says it sees "no reasonable prospectof agreement" with the workers and would apply to the Fair Work Commission for an "intractable bargaining" declaration, which, if granted, would end the strike and allow the labor regulator to dictate an agreement. Sept. 12 The office of the labor regulator said itwould hold a hearing on Sept. 22 about the dispute, while the unions wanted it to be held at a later date in November. Sept. 14 Union group Offshore Alliance said a turbinetripped at one of Wheatstone's two LNG trains, which convert natural gas into liquid, on the same day strikes escalated. Sept. 15 Workers begin a 24-hour strike at Chevron'sLNG plants. Union representative says they intend to extend industrial action for a further two weeks to mid-October. Sept. 18 Chevron says full production had resumed onSept. 17 at its Wheatstone LNG plant after a fault last week cut production by almost a quarter. Sept. 20 Latest round of talks between Chevron andunions at its two LNG facilities in Western Australia ends without a deal. Sept. 21 Chevron says it would accept the terms of adeal brokered by the Fair Work Commission to end the dispute. Sept. 22 Australian union alliance calls off strikesat Chevron's two major LNG projects after accepting proposals from the country's industrial arbitrator to end long-running disputes over pay and conditions. Oct. 5 Workers vote to restart strikes accusingChevron of reneging on commitments.
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