Progress Being Made in Talks With Australian Gas Worker Union

Safety flares are shown at the Woodside operated North West Shelf Gas Venture in Western Australia, on June 17, 2008. Greg Wood/AFP via Getty Images

Energy giants Woodside and Chevron face a battle with unions over pay and conditions.

More than 150 Offshore Alliance members on Woodside’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) platforms Goodwyn Alpha, North Rankin Complex and Angel, off the coast of Western Australia, this week voted 99 percent in favour of taking protected industrial action to progress their bargaining claims.