Workers at Shetland’s Sullom Voe secure pay rise
Unite the Union has announced that workers at the Sullom Voe oil terminal in Shetland have secured an 8.1% pay rise which will be backdated to April last year.
Unite the Union has announced that workers at the Sullom Voe oil terminal in Shetland have secured an 8.1% pay rise which will be backdated to April last year.
According to Stork, Unite is asking for a rise that would cost the company an extra £19 million a year, while other demands are outwith the company's control.
Striking will return to the North Sea as 130 Petrofac and Wood staff are to down tools next week in disputes over working conditions and pay.
A long running and bitter industrial dispute - involving hundreds of North Sea contractors - looks to have come to an end.
Hundreds of North Sea contractors are set to down tools for two days as of this morning, though some negotiations have resumed on the strikes.
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The more than one thousand workers that have been taking industrial action in the North Sea are bringing their strike action to a close.
North Sea workers are set to take industrial action this week in an ongoing dispute regarding pay and working conditions.
Unite the Union’s balloting of members employed by TotalEnergies is coming to a close today ahead of another week of strike action in the North Sea.
An industry trade body is calling on all sides to get around the table in order to avoid another wave of North Sea walkouts.
North Sea workers said they feel “disenchanted” with the industry as 48 hours of strikes continue today - and are looking ahead to downing tools again next month.
North Sea workers have captured images of their offshore picket lines as they take part in the biggest stoppage in a generation.
Around 70 offshore workers employed by the French supermajor, TotalEnergies, are balloting for strike action.
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Multiple strike votes, covering hundreds of oil and gas workers employed by some of the North Sea’s biggest contractors, officially open today.
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Petrofac workers will down tools for 48 hours at a series of BP and Repsol Sinopec assets across the North Sea today, as disputes over pay and rota patterns show no sign of resolution.
Unite says its members will stick to their guns as a new round of work stoppages commence on North Sea assets, in what the union has called an “increasingly bitter dispute” over pay and conditions.
Petrofac (LON:PFC) workers stationed across several North Sea assets began the first in a series of proposed strikes on Wednesday, as a dispute over pay and conditions continues to escalate.