Unite says 1,400 UK offshore workers to strike 'within weeks' (updated)

Canadian North Resources

20/03/2023 09:44

(Adds details from release)
       March 20 (Reuters) - Some 1,400 UK offshore workers are
preparing to strike "within weeks at sites operated by major oil
and gas companies, the Unite union said on Monday.
    Operators including BP  BP.L , CNRI  CNRI.V , EnQuest
 ENQ.L , Harbour  HRB.L , Ithaca  ITH.L , Shell  SHEL.AS , and
Total  TTEF.PA  will be affected, Unite said in a news release. 
    The planned action includes offshore workers at Bilfinger UK
Limited, Stork construction workers, those at Petrofac
Facilities Management Limited on the FPF1 platform and Wood
Group UK workers on TAQA platforms.
    Several Sparrows Offshore Services workers recently voted to
strike at dozens of platforms on the UK continental shelf
including those operated by BP and Shell.


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