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MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Around 400 train drivers for BHP’s Western Australian iron ore division will begin industrial action late this week after rejecting an offer that they said fell short on working schedules, a union representative told Reuters on Monday.
Drivers will from Friday stop using a BHP app for roster changes, meaning each worker must be contacted individually if the world’s biggest miner wishes to change their working hours, Mining and Energy Union WA secretary Greg Busson told Reuters.
Drivers for BHP’s highest earning division were trying to show some restraint by voting for action on the lower end of the scale to start, rather than disrupting operations with stoppages, Busson added.
BHP’s iron ore operations include four processing hubs and five mines that are linked by more than 1,000 km (621 miles) of rail and port facilities. The division accounted for $16.6 billion, or 60% of BHP’s earnings before taxes last year.
BHP said that the proposed action would present logistical…
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