Electricity workers in Papua New Guinea are threatening strikes and power cuts if the government-owned power corporation appoints an Australian chief executive officer.
The PNG Energy Workers Association is demanding that the PNG Power position be held by a PNG national and it wants current acting CEO Lawrence Solomon confirmed in the job.
The union's secretary-general, Philip Kaira, told the Post-Courier newspaper that pulling the plug on the power supply nationwide would be a last resort.
But he says if the Labour Department allows an expatriate appointee's work permit to go through, the union will strike.
