Video: Offshore union protests over pay in Aberdeen
A group of protesters took to the streets of Aberdeen yesterday to challenge low pay and job losses imposed on UK seafarers and offshore workers.
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RMT Union ‘outraged’ as Chamber of Shipping admits Government wage act is meaningless
The offshore workers union, RMT, have reacted angrily to an admission by the UK Chamber of Shipping that the government’s new guidance on fair pay for seafarers will make no change to those working in UK waters.
RMT Union critical of UK Government seafarer minimum wage report
The offshore workers union, RMT, have hit back at UK Government report on seafarer minimum wage claiming that it will not tackle pay issues within the offshore oil and gas sector.
Unions to press ahead with North Sea strikes
Offshore union workers have agreed to press ahead with the first North Sea strike action in a generation.
“Lethal mix” of fear and despair in wake of North Sea helicopter crash
A huge and emotional outpouring of distressed and angry emails have been received by the leading offshore workers’ trade union RMT since a fatal helicopter crash in Norway killed 13 people last month.
Offshore workers tell OGUK chief “we don’t get it” over offshore cuts
The boss of industry body Oil and and Gas UK has moved to clarify comments she made to MPs after angry oil workers objected to her claiming they "get it" about why cost cutting measures are being taken by companies.
EV Insights: Unions battle for the North Sea
This week union bosses said North Sea workers were “disenfranchised and getting angrier by the day”. At pay cuts and redundancies continue to dominate headlines, Energy Voice looks back at how the dialogue between employers and the unions has played out in the past year.
Offshore union warns of long-term damage to oil and gas industry
Offshore union RMT has warned of long-term damage to Britain’s energy industry after BP posted its largest annual loss for 20 years and revealed another 3,000 job losses as it continued to hack back on budgets in the face of global turmoil.