Supported by: Annie Wells*, Liz Smith*, Jeremy Balfour*, Bill Bowman*, Michelle Ballantyne*, Maurice Corry*, Bill Kidd*, Murdo Fraser*, Jamie Greene*, Tom Mason*, David Torrance*, Alexander Burnett*, Gordon Lindhurst*, Mark Ruskell*, Joan McAlpine*, Liam Kerr* *S5M-15034 Lewis Macdonald: Australian Oil Workers' 500-day Lockout That the — Parliament welcomes the recent visit to Scotland by Troy Carter from the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU); notes that Troy used this to draw attention to the 500-day long lockout that he and 230 of his fellow workers at ExxonMobil Australia have faced after taking action in defence of trade union terms and conditions of employment at the Gippsland site in Victoria where they work; acknowledges what it sees as the importance of this struggle to ensure safety standards and the continuing need for workers to stand up for their rights to fair pay, job security and safety in the workplace; appreciates Troy's visit to the Piper Alpha memorial at Hazlehead Park on 17 October 2018, and expresses its support for the AMWU and other unions in their efforts to ensure that health and safety standards are maintained in the oil and gas industry worldwide, to help prevent a disaster such as Piper Alpha from ever happening again.