It was a winter of discontent but the arrival of summer has resulted in Glencore and its Hunter Valley workforce making peace and signing new Enterprise Agreements (EA).
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Each of Glencore’s coal sites in the Hunter Valley has now reached agreement with its workforce in relation to a new Enterprise Agreement. These sites include Mangoola Open Cut, Ravensworth Open Cut, Ravensworth CHPP, Mt Owen CHPP, Glendell Open Cut, Liddell Open Cut, Liddell CHPP, Bulga Open Cut and Bulga Underground. During the six month dispute Construction Forestry Mining and Energy (CFMEU) representatives said their core grievance with the company was increasing use of casual contract labour, redundancy rates, and a “miserable pay offer”.