Offshore Workers Set to Strike in Dispute over Pay and Conditions
Unite said the walkout could hit seven Apache assets and threaten the Forties pipeline system, which Apache said would not disrupt other producers.
- More than 160 offshore oil workers backed strike action against Apache in a pay dispute, Unite said, with potential action beginning this month across seven assets at the Forties and Beryl oil fields.
- Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham accused Apache of 'shameful corporate greed,' claiming the operator was 'treating its highly skilled workers with contempt' and threatening to withhold back pay.
- Apache offered a 4% pay increase aligned with non-unionized staff earlier this year, emphasizing that a ballot vote does not automatically trigger strike action.
- The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero stated the Forties pipeline carries crude oil rather than fuel, while Apache maintains contingency plans protect third-party production at Forties Charlie.
- Average diesel prices topped £2 a litre for the first time recently, driven by supply disruptions from the US-Israeli war against Iran and the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
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North Sea strikes could be on the cards
North Sea oil and gas workers have backed strike action following a dispute over pay. The workers are spread across seven assets linked to the Forties and Beryl fields and have voted to take action. Unite, the union who represent offshore workers employed by Apache, say their employers’ offer amounts to a real-terms pay cut for some workers, ranging from a pay freeze to increases below inflation. Apache, however, says its final offer includes a …
The American oil company Apache, working on deposits in the North Sea, went on strike because of the employer ' s refusal to raise wages to the level of inflation, informed the leading British union Unite. Over 160 employees of the American company Apache, working on deposits in the North Sea, went on strike, handed over RIA News. The protest was caused by an unsatisfactory salary. Early Apache authorities proposed an increase of 4 per cent…
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