Total Oil Workers in N. Sea Accept Pay Offer, Cancel Future Strikes

Posted by Michelle Howard
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

* The UK's largest union Unite the Union said that offshore oil workers at three of Total's North Sea platforms had accepted a pay offer from the company

* The workers have called off future strikes, a union statement said

* The workers went on a series of 12 and 24-hour strikes in July and August, stopping production at the Alwyn, Dunbar and Elgin platforms

* At issue was a rota shift change to three weeks on the platform versus two weeks previously

* The workers accepted a mean basic headline pay increase of 15 pct plus substantial retention bonuses as compensation for the change

* Total wanted to increase the working time offshore to match the routine at the oilfields it acquired when it bought Maersk Oil

Reporting By Julia Payne


Categories: Offshore Energy

Related Stories

Thistle Wind Partners Submits Plans for Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm

ESG Completes Service Operation Vessel Conversion for HOS

Orbital Marine Power Secures $9.31m Investment

Current News

Thistle Wind Partners Submits Plans for Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm

Seatrium Gets Repeat Order from IMI for Arabia 4 Jack-up Rig

Sea Lion Oil Project in Falkland Islands Gets Green Light

ABB’s Streamlined DP2 System Passes Sea Trials on DEME’s Norse Wind WTIV

Subscribe for OE Digital E‑News