Updated: 150 Kaefer contractors at Shell operated Mossmorran and St Fergus energy plants set to strike
Unite members working as contractors for Kaefer at Shell operated plants vote to take a week of strike action between 27 November and 4 December.
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Unite reveals dates for ‘tsunami’ of unrest, with 1350 workers readying to down tools
Unite has revealed the dates on which a “tsunami” of industrial unrest will hit the North Sea, with hundreds of workers due to down tools.
Further Sparrows strikes set to impact dozens of North Sea platforms
Around 200 offshore workers employed by contactor Sparrows Group are set to strike in an escalating row over pay, terms and conditions.
Sparrows strikes to hit BP North Sea assets
Dozens of workers on BP (LON: BP) North Sea assets are poised to down tools as part of long running dispute over pay.
Over 1,000 North Sea workers to vote on strikes as multiple ballots open
Multiple strike votes, covering hundreds of oil and gas workers employed by some of the North Sea’s biggest contractors, officially open today.
Around 30 North Sea platforms at risk of ‘shutdown’ as union ballots 300 workers on strikes
Hundreds of offshore workers are to vote on industrial action, in a move union officials claim could force numerous North Sea platforms to shutdown.
North Sea union boss predicts ‘national strike’ across oil and gas industry
A leading north-east trade union figure is forecasting a glut of offshore strikes across the whole oil and gas sector.
Stork workers who took part in North Sea wildcat strikes to be disciplined, letter confirms
Stork has written to its employees that engaged in wildcat North Sea strikes last week to express the company’s “disappointment” in their actions.
Employment experts ‘strongly suspect’ North Sea strikes will persist following ‘significant increase’ in disputes
An “expectation gap” between workers and employers mean offshore strikes - a feature of the North Sea of late - are likely to linger for some time.
Unite members on Foinaven FPSO vote to down tools over ‘inferior’ redundancy package
Workers on a North Sea vessel are poised to down tools next month in a dispute over redundancy packages.
Pay battle intensifies at Shell’s troubled Prelude FLNG off Australia
Shell (LON:SHEL) said it will lock out workers at its troubled Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project from Monday unless they stop their strike action as the industrial dispute that has disrupted production at the vessel intensifies.
Shell sends ‘thug’ to stop industrial strike action on Prelude FLNG, says labor union
Production at Shell’s (LON:SHEL) Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility offshore Western Australia may soon be affected by industrial strike action after the Offshore Alliance issued the supermajor with a notice of protected industrial action starting 10 June.
Last minute bid by Ponticelli and Semco Maritime to avert North Sea strikes fails
An eleventh hour bid to avert huge North Sea strikes has failed after workers rejected an updated offer.
Unite balloting 300 Ponticelli and Semco Maritime workers on North Sea industrial action
Unite is balloting nearly 300 workers at Ponticelli and Semco Maritime on North Sea industrial action.
Sullom Voe towage workers to strike in ongoing dispute with local authority
Scores of tug and towage workers at Sullom Voe Terminal, who are locked in a dispute with the local authority, have voted in favour of striking.
Greta’s army and disputing workers could cripple Big Oil
It is said that more than 1.4 million students skipped school on March 15 to protest about the climate change crisis that threatens life as we know it on Earth.
Hinkley Point construction workers vote on industrial action
Construction workers on the £20 billion Hinkley Point nuclear power station are to be balloted for strikes in a long-running dispute over pay and bonuses.
Norwegian oil firms agree majority wage deal with workers
Energy firms operating offshore Norway have agreed wage deals for 2017 with the two largest trade unions representing oil and gas workers.
Wood Group and unions tight lipped on North Sea strike talks
Wood Group and trade unions yesterday remained tight lipped on the progress of crunch talks intended to settle a dispute involving North Sea workers.
Offshore workers claim Unite breached rules with OCA ballot
A group of oil workers has written to the UK Government claiming the Unite union allowed ineligible members to vote in the recent OCA ballot.
EV Insights: Long-running North Sea dispute settled
Energy Voice examines some of the key points in the lengthy dispute between the Offshore Contractors Association and Unite union.
Gallery: North Sea industrial relations through the decades
With the immediate threat of industrial action by offshore catering workers put on hold as negotiations continue between employers and unions, Energy Voice looks back at the 1979 catering dispute that made headlines at the time.
Wage deal averts strike
A strike which would have disrupted operations at 20 North Sea platforms has been called off by Norwegian trade unions.
Offshore workers defiant as Norwegian strike ends
Norway was restarting some key oil and gas fields yesterday after the country's government ordered an end to a strike by offshore workers.
Safety high on union agenda
Offshore workers are to gather for a union conference amid continuing concerns over safety and pay.