Qld Coal Miners Plan Action Over Pay Deal

BHP Billiton Chief Executive Andrew Mackenzie is silhouetted against a screen projecting the company's logo at a round table meeting with journalists in Tokyo, Japan June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

Workers at four Queensland coal mines could stop work in protest over conditions being proposed by BHP-Mitsubishi Alliance in a fresh pay deal.

The Mining and Energy Union and the miner have been negotiating an enterprise bargaining agreement for workers at the Saraji, Peak Downs, Blackwater and Goonyella Riverside mines for 18 months.