BHP averts Pilbara industrial action as train drivers agree to deal
Peter KerResources reporter
BHP’s iron ore division has averted industrial action after train drivers voted for a new workplace deal in return for $40,000 in bonus payments.
More than 97 per cent of Mining and Energy Union members voted to approve the deal on Friday, ending a decade of tensions with BHP since the last workplace agreement for the drivers of iron ore trains expired in 2014.
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