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“Congress, this motion raises important ideas about what our movement can do to meet the climate crisis head on.
“But the reality is we must start by recognising a green future will not be won on the conference floor, but on the shop floor.
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Unite confirmed today (August 17) that around 200 members have withdrawn their labour over health and safety concerns at ExxonMobil’s petrochemical plant in Mossmorran. Unite can reveal that workers downed tools on Tuesday (August 15) over health and safety warning signals and procedures not being in full working operation across the plant and the workforce […]
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Unite has reiterated its call for a long-term energy plan that includes well-paid jobs with good terms and conditions, after No. 10 (July 31) announced plans to grant hundreds of new oil and gas drilling licenses in the North Sea. Despite widespread criticism, prime minister Rishi Sunak stood by the announcement, but Unite expressed scepticism […]
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Unite the union confirmed today (June 8) that over 700 offshore members at Bilfinger UK Limited have accepted a ‘vastly’ improved wage offer bringing the pay dispute to an end. Unite’s Bilfinger members accepted a further 6 per cent increase on basic pay in addition to the 4 per cent rise in January 2023. With […]
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Commenting on Labour’s energy plan, which includes proposals to halt new oil and gas production in the North Sea, Unite general Secretary Sharon Graham said, “Grabbing the headlines is easy, developing a serious plan for more renewable energy is not. “When Keir Starmer decided to let the world know that he would halt new oil […]
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Members of Unite employed in engineering construction roles at Fawley oil refinery in Hampshire will step up strike action in a dispute over bonus payments. The 130-strong workforce, who are employed by three contractors Altrad, Bilfinger and Enerveo, are seeking a bonus payment of £2.37 an hour, the maximum allowed under the relevant industrial agreement […]
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A giant US business, Baker Hughes, is being accused of `laying waste to Scottish jobs’ through fire and rehire by Unite. Baker Hughes, which is one of the world’s biggest oil field services company,…Read more…
Pay strikes at Exxon’s Fawley refinery near Southampton will escalate in June risking petrol supply disruption at a sixth of the UK’s petrol stations. Around 100 workers, who make up a third of the…Read more…
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…
Fuel supplies to airports and filling stations could be hit this spring should workers at the giant Fawley refinery on the UK’s south coast take strike action over an `insulting’ pay offer, Unite has…Read more…
Unite today (August 10) has confirmed that members working at Total’s Shetland Gas plant have accepted an improved pay offer. Following a consultative ballot, 65 per cent of Unite members on a 94 per…Read more…
Members of Unite employed by Total E&P working on North Sea oil and gas platforms are set to begin industrial action next month in a dispute over pay and working hours. If strike action…Read more…
A new heavy-handed management style at the Stanlow oil refinery could lead to industrial action that would threaten output at the Cheshire site, Unite warned today (June 6). Unite said the…Read more…
While many of the more than 1m workers who work over the holiday period elect to do so, often for premium pay, some workers have no choice. In part 5 of our series on working over Christmas,…Read more…
One of the biggest training days for employees at the Fawley oil refinery in Hampshire on Monday, September 25, is set to be disrupted by a strike of ‘pitifully’ low paid canteen staff. Staff…Read more…
Catering staff working for Baxterstorey at the Fawley oil refinery canteen in Hampshire are set to strike for the first time tomorrow (August 25) in a dispute over a below inflation 1.5 per cent pay…Read more…
Essar Stanlow staff at the refinery plant in Ellesmere Port are being balloted for industrial action in a row over pensions. Unite started balloting over 350 of its members in the collective…Read more…
Unite the union has congratulated Wood Group shop stewards who have won this year’s STUC Organising Award – and said their example will inspire other offshore workers facing attacks on their pay….Read more…
Unite the union says controversial energy firm Ineos is being ‘reckless and ‘destabilising’ over pay talks for workers at its plants in Grangemouth. The company – owned by billionaire…Read more…
Unite today (April 3) called for the Scottish and Westminster parliaments to carry out urgent inquiries into the sale of the Forties Pipeline System from BP to Ineos. Unite was involved in two…Read more…