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RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: april bulletin 1 2020 :: RMTnews
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RMT is demanding urgent and
immediate action as energy
operators rush to slash jobs and
contracts in response to the
Coronavirus emergency and the
oil price war which has driven
oil to below $25 per barrel.
There are reports that the
workforce had fallen by nearly
half
RMT general secretary Mick
Cash said that oil and gas
companies were unilaterally
sending staff home with no
regard to their future income,
work or health.
“Employers have failed to
engage with offshore trade
unions over standardising the
industry’s response to
Coronavirus, even when there
have been cases diagnosed on
North Sea platforms, yet the UK
Government stands by and
watches thousands of skilled
energy workers being dumped
without any comment
whatsoever.
“The Offshore Co-ordinating
Group of trade unions and the
STUC are meeting the Scottish
Energy Minister, Paul
Wheelhouse and we hope those
talks deliver something
meaningful.
“Those talks also serve to
demonstrate the gaping hole in
the UK government’s response to
the COVID-19 crisis offshore,” he
said.
RMT DEMANDS ACTION
ON OFFSHORE JOBS
Union
demands
urgent action
as oil and gas
workforce
numbers falls
in global price
war