The government today (April 7) announced a long-delayed energy strategy amid skyrocketing energy prices attributed to spiking demand following pandemic lockdowns as well as the war in Ukraine. But…Read more…
‘Up against the biggest’
As the longest strike in Australia’s modern history carried on month after agonisingly-long month, the number of workers on the picket line dwindled. Although almost broken, AMWU union rep…Read more…
‘For as long as it takes’
490 days and counting – that’s how long Australian offshore worker and AMWU union rep Troy Carter and his colleagues have been off work in a dispute with their employer. Their fight’s…Read more…
Offshore safety call
Unite member Cliff Bowen speaking in support of the motion on offshore safety told conference on Tuesday (September 11), it is right that this motion remembers the 167 offshore workers and seafarers…Read more…
BiFab ‘work-in’
Workers at BiFab are to stage a ‘work-in’ to save 1400 jobs, as unions say the main Dutch contractor, Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL), is guilty of holding the Scottish yards to ransom in a…Read more…
Building Unite
Unite’s organisers have made heroic efforts encouraging sign-up to Unite in heliports. Find out more in the video below:
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Pay deal rejected
Members of Scotland’s biggest offshore trade union have voted to reject a pay offer. In a consultative ballot, 81 per cent of Unite members voted to reject the latest deal put forward by their…Read more…
‘Give hope for the future’
Unite says it is disappointed that the Scottish Government has failed to agree to invest in offshore infrastructure. The union was reacting following a Members Debate today (February 23)…Read more…
Scared off safety warnings
Nearly 60 per cent of offshore workers say that health and safety standards have dropped in the last six months – and Unite is demanding action. In a survey carried out by Unite the union,…Read more…
Bleak future?
On the eve of the government’s Autumn Statement on Wednesday (November 23), Unite has revealed the necessity of immediate state intervention following a survey of the offshore…Read more…
Public oil investment call
Scotland’s biggest offshore union is calling on MSPs to back a Holyrood motion calling for public investment in the oil and gas industry. Unite is to ask every MSP to support a motion by North…Read more…
Cuts off the table call
Unite has called for urgent talks with energy company Wood Group in order to avert further strike action in the North Sea. Yesterday, (August 8), the union confirmed dates for further strike…Read more…
Oil strike – latest
Oil workers at Wood Group, members of Unite and RMT, took their first day of strike action as part of the latest 48-hour stoppage today (August 4) in an ongoing dispute over a massive cut in pay and…Read more…
Oil strike rages on
A 48-hour strike by North Sea offshore oil and gas workers started today (August 4), after company managers rejected an offer from trade unions. Workers in the trade unions Unite and RMT will…Read more…
Oil strike support
Hundreds of North Sea oil workers have received a boost ahead of industrial action next week with Norwegian energy unions pledging their “100 per cent support”. The Norwegian…Read more…
Shameful attack
Unite members at Wood Group, a multinational oil and gas services company, have overwhelmingly backed taking industrial action in a dispute over pay cuts and changes to allowances. Talks at the…Read more…
‘Woefully inadequate’
Unite warned that the government’s Oil and Gas Workforce Plan, published today (July 6) was ‘woefully inadequate’ and fell short of arresting a decline in the industry which had led to over 120,000…Read more…
Piper Alpha victims remembered
Nearly three decades ago today, the deadliest offshore disaster in history unfolded as the Piper Alpha platform burst into flames, killing 167 of the 228 people either working on the rig or…Read more…
Swingeing pay cuts
Unite will ballot more than 200 North Sea oil rig workers for strike action in a dispute with the Wood Group over a swingeing 30 per cent pay cut. The ballot, in conjunction with the GMB and…Read more…
‘Disgusting’ publicity stunt
Unite has today (June 3) condemned the actions of four senior offshore helicopter safety and aviation chiefs as “offensive and dangerous”. Energy Voice reported yesterday (June 2) that –…Read more…