Australia regulator clears way for strike vote at Chevron LNG plants

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Australia’s labour regulator cleared the way for strike action at Chevron’s CVX-N Wheatstone and Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities if workers vote in favour of such a step, fuelling concerns the country’s exports could be cut. The Fair Work Commission said in an order dated Thursday that the union could hold a ballot of employees to decide if they wanted to make a decision on taking industrial action. Chevron and Woodside Energy Group have been holding talks with unions to avert threatened strikes over pay and conditions at Australian facilities that together supply about 10% of the LNG market....