An option for the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA to pursue damages from striking workers at the Pluto project remains open as the Federal Court again extended an interim injunction today.
The injunction, which was initially sought by CCIWA on behalf of 13 contractors late last month, was due to expire at 5pm today. The injunction has been extended for the foreseeable future.
The injunction prevents any worker on Woodside Petroleum's $13 billion Pluto gas project from taking industrial action.
About half of the 3,200-strong workforce went on strike last month over plans to allocate new rooms to workers at the start of each work cycle, otherwise known as motelling.
Earlier this month Woodside, project manager Foster Wheeler Worley and three unions came to a compromise on the issue.
It was agreed that workers against motelling and who were hired before December will not have to change rooms at the start of each cycle, but will have to move to another accommodation village.
It is not known whether the disgruntled workers have formally accepted the offer. Calls to union representatives were not returned at time of publishing.
Meantime, a CCIWA spokesperson told WA Business News the court has granted the organisation an option to pursue damages from workers who participated in the strike.
However, the spokesperson added it is not a path that CCIWA wants to take.