![]() ![]() "I think it is a pretty sad state of affairs when a thousand blue-collar tradies get sent home from Darwin and sent interstate because one company cannot sort out a contractual dispute with another company," he said. Opposition leader Bill Shorten has called for the workers to be immediately reinstated. Laing O'Rourke said a further 200 sub-contractors were also impacted. The head contractor JKC Australia LNG told the ABC it had let go of 640 direct employees. ![]() "Laing O-Rourke has shipped everyone off-site on the buses, and they will be getting de-mobed today from Darwin on planes and sent home to be redundant and without a job," CFMEU spokesman Josh Burling told the ABC. The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) said the lay-offs had taken workers by surprise. It said the construction of the cryogenic tanks is approximately 91 per cent complete. "JKC's expectation is that the parties will resolve the matters in dispute and the works will continue," Executive Director John Bramley said in a statement. ![]()
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