More than 4,000 central Queensland mine workers will walk off the job in the next few days as part of ongoing enterprise bargaining negotiations.
Staff at seven BHP mines will take part in the protected action, with rolling stoppages at Goonyella and Peak Downs mines already underway.
Mr Steve Pierce from the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union said that job security is a major sticking point. He said that more talks are scheduled for next week but further action will be taken if they cannot reach an agreement.
Mr Pierce said that "They are committed to pursuing that form of action if it's necessary. They would rather have a position where we reach a settlement on the agreement through negotiation but as I said they believe that their claims are reasonable and they have a rightful and legal right to put them forward and have them dealt with."
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