Chevron’s Labour Importation Angers Union

By International Business Times,  November 02, 2012, 04:03:01 AM EDT

Chevron's plans to import labour for its Gorgon liquefied natural gas ( LNG ) project has caught the ire of Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, which claimed Australia has more than enough competent local workers following the fallout of several mining projects of big global companies.

The Australian federal government had recently gave Chevron permission to bring in and facilitate the processing of 457 visas for semi-skilled foreign labour should it fail to find enough Australian locals to work for its LNG project.

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