STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS – ELECTRIC UTILITIES – VICTORIA

Power chaos looms amid union row

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Original article by Samantha Hutchinson, Greg Brown
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 5-May-17

The Victorian Government has intervened in the long-running dispute over enterprise agreement negotiations at AGL Energy’s Loy Yang power station. The Government will seek an order from the Fair Work Commission to prevent the Electrical Trades Union from launching industrial action. AGL had warned that safety considerations would force it to shut down the power station from mid-May if workers went on strike. Loy Yang supplies more than 40 per cent of the state’s electricity.

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AGL ENERGY LIMITED – ASX AGL, ELECTRICAL TRADES UNION, CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA. DEPT OF PREMIER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Power employees told to bend for plant’s survival

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Original article by Nick Toscano
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 20 : 23-Dec-16

Members of the Electrical Trades Union intend to stop work for an hour at the Loy Yang A power station in Victoria on 25 December 2016. The union and AGL Energy cannot agree over the terms of a new workplace agreement. AGL’s head of Loy Yang, Steve Rieniets, says changes in labour practices are necessary to ensure viability of the plant.

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AGL ENERGY LIMITED – ASX AGL, ELECTRICAL TRADES UNION, CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA