OFFSHORE STORK WORKERS TAKE ACTION

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: may 2023 :: RMTnews 9 O ffshore workers employed by Stork Technical Services Ltd on a number of oil platforms across the North Sea took 48-hour strike action earlier this month after overwhelmingly backing the action. RMT members joined a number of other unions in the action in a dispute over pay, terms and conditions of employment. Around 150 RMT members took action on a number of platforms including Anasuria FPSO, Armada, Beryl Alpha, Beryl Bravo, Bleo Holm, Blue Catcher, Brent Charlie, Bruce, Buzzard, Claymore, Clyde, Cygnus Alpha, Elgin, Forties Alpha, Forties Bravo, Forties Charlie, Forties Delta, Gannet, Golden Eagle, Heather, Lomond, Magnus, Mariner, Montrose, Nelson, North Everest, Rough, Scott, Shearwater, Tartan Alpha, Triton FPSO, Western Isles and Norfolk House, Pitmedden Road, Dyce and Aberdeen. The action also included an overtime ban. New incoming RMT regional organiser Ann Joss said that the downturn with the price of oil collapsing back in 2014 saw many workers suffering cuts to pay and conditions with an average 20 per cent pay cut and to the widely hated three day and three work pattern. “Following that downturn our members were then hit by the pandemic with just over third of the offshore workforce being made redundant. “Fast forward to the war in Ukraine and oil prices have shot up which has meant massive profits for the companies but nothing for the workers – they are demanding a pay rise!,” she said.   OFFSHORE STORK WORKERS TAKE ACTION STRIKE: A fishing vessel operating close to the Beryl Alpha production platform 160 miles Northeast of Aberdeen in the North Sea.