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Over the course of the last 14 months of bargaining on the Platform and 7 months of negotiation on the Downstream facilities, members have successfully negotiated bargaining outcomes which Chevron HR said could never and would never be agreed by Che- vron. And once again, it was the unbending preparedness of the Offshore Alliance members to exercise their workplace rights and take Protected Industrial Ac- tion, which was the critical factor in getting our EBA claims sorted. Regardless of Chevron’s claims that they had an untrai- ned, undertrained, and incompetent scab workforce able to replace 515 highly skilled hydrocarbon workers, this was only a Chevron pipedream, which only looked good on the butcher ’ s paper strewn throughout Chevron’s HR’s war-bunker. Chevron took us on, but our members never blinked and simply ramped up PIA in response to Chevron’s industrial belligerence. With a second round of escalating Protected Indus- trial Action coming Chevron’s way if our bargaining claims weren’t sorted, an in-principle Agreement was reached between the Offshore Alliance and Chevron.
The Offshore Alliance Secured EBA ’ s Across all 3 Chevron Facilities After Members Took Protected Industrial Action and Dared to Struggle and Dared to Win The Chevron facilities EBA negotiations was a tou- gh bargaining campaign, but our members never once blinked or took a backward step. Members now have an opportunity to vote ‘YES’ for an EBA which delivers members secure jobs and signifi- cant improvements in pay and conditions of em- ployment. Our campaign commenced in late 2019 when members on the Wheatstone Platform contacted the Offshore Alliance and asked the Union to as- sist in the negotiation of an EBA. The impact of Covid (which created the narrati- ve for Chevron to purge their workforce in a pro- cess known as ‘The Harvest’) and the subsequent job losses, simply reinforced the reasons why the Chevron workforce wanted to move off Chevron’s repugnant contracts and onto a union negotiated EBA. But it wasn’t until the Offshore Alliance were given the scope to organise the Gorgon and Wheatstone Downstream facilities, that we had the necessary collective strength to bargain with Chevron on an equal footing. With the momentum of the Gorgon and Wheats- tone Downstream facilities workforce joining the Offshore Alliance (with 98% union density), our members were able to push back against the ba- seline employment standards being rammed down their throats by Chevron HR.
OA members secured the following industrial outcomes:
Our members dared to struggle and dared to win. 12. All Training to be paid. In August 2022, members had to undertake 10 unpaid training days; 13. Demob Overcycle improvements for work on demob day and late arrivals back in Perth; 14. Travel Allowance increase from $1,784 per annum in August 2022 to $7,000 per annum; 15. Per Diem Travel payment for work and training to increase from $80 (re-imbursement upon re- ceipt) to $153 per day; 16. Travel Payments + Allowances for all interstate and intrastate employees undertaking training mid swing; 17. Improved Panel Change provisions; 18. Employee Reps and Arbitration of Disputes in the Fair Work Commission; 19. No loss of wages during Cyclones; 20.Work in the Perth Office only by mutual agreement; 21. 10% loading for work in Higher Duties. 1. Fixed Minimum Manning on each facility to prevent the contracting out of jobs, plus no employ- ment of casual labour; 2. Fixed Rosters which can only be changed by mutual agreement of employees and the Company; 3. All members who were coerced by Chevron in 2020 to go from a 40% Roster to a 50% Roster will now be back on the 40% Roster within 6 months; 4. Removal of subjective behavioural standards f rom the classification structure – which is now com- petency based; 5. Level Progression ensuring all members will be able to move between levels to Level 5 (with Level 6 being an Appointed Role); 6. Level 6 Employees to incorporate $19,500 parking and car allowance to be incorporated in base salary; 7. Planner Schedulers relativity adjustment (plus the 40% roster); 8. Increase in the Offshore Field Loading from a minimum of $80,000 in August 2022 to a flat pay- ment of $105,000 for all offshore members; 9. Increase in the Onshore Field Loading from a minimum of $57,000 in August 2022 to a flat pay- ment of $85,000 for all onshore members; 10. Salary Increases and Annual Salary Indexation; 11. Residential Standards locked in + an increase in the Residential Field Loading;
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