Fortescue executive chairman Andrew Forrest says a culture of freedom and camaraderie at the iron ore miner means staff are unlikely to unionise, as the Albanese government’s workplace reforms bring unions back into the nation’s most lucrative export industry for the first time in decades.
Big miners such as BHP and Rio Tinto are concerned the reforms, which allow unions to lead wage negotiations even if they cannot prove their members represent the majority of the workforce, will stoke industrial action in the Pilbara iron ore region and threaten an industry that is forecast to ship $107 billion worth of ore this year.
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