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Workers at three liquefied natural gas plants in Australia have been on strike since early September to demand greater wages and higher employee benefits. These plants account for over five percent of the world’s liquefied natural gas supplies, and strike action has affected the global price of natural gas. Workers at these plants are represented by the Australian Workers’ Union and the Maritime Union of Australia, and these two unions form the Offshore Alliance. An arbitrator has been involved in the negotiations between the Offshore Alliance and Chevron, and both parties accepted the arbitrator's proposed contract. Chevron will establish an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement, which sets an employment contract detailing wages and working conditions for individual organizations. All of the other major gas companies in Western Australia have already established Enterprise Bargaining Agreements with their employees.