{"id":15460,"date":"2018-06-28T16:34:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T15:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=15460"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:58:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:58:40","slug":"total-ep-oil-gas-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=15460","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Serious well-being concerns&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Members of Unite employed by Total E&amp;P working on North Sea oil and gas platforms are set to begin industrial action next month in a dispute over pay and working hours.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If strike action goes ahead Unite believes that the three platforms affected &#8212; Alwin, Dunbar and Elgin &#8212; will be forced to cease production.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The dispute concerns the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wage review and its plans to force workers to increase their offshore working time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The membership voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action and there was an even clearer mandate of 100 per cent in favour of industrial action short of strike.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite is currently in the process of consulting members about what type of industrial action will be called and when. Dates for industrial action are expected to be announced early next week, with strikes beginning in July.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe overwhelming vote in favour of strike action demonstrates our members\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 anger at Total\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s proposals,&#8221; said Unite regional officer Wullie Wallace.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOur members simply want to be properly paid for the work they undertake in a dangerous and difficult environment,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bTotal\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plans to force workers to spend even longer offshore would drive a coach and horses through workers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 work\/life balance and would result in them spending even less time with family, friends and loved ones. This raises serious health and wellbeing concerns.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThere is still time for industrial action to be avoided and Unite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s door remains open if Total is prepared to make a renewed offer and return to the negotiating table.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The latest ballot result puts further pressure on the company. Last week Unite members employed at Total\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Shetland gas plant voted for industrial action in a dispute over changes to their rota system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of Unite employed by Total E&amp;P working on North Sea oil and gas platforms are set to begin industrial action next month in a dispute over pay and working hours. &nbsp; If strike action goes ahead Unite believes that the three platforms affected &#8212; Alwin, Dunbar and Elgin &#8212; will be forced to cease [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[551,213],"wps_subtitle":"Total\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s oil and gas platforms face shutdown as Unite members vote to strike","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15460"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15460"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26104,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15460\/revisions\/26104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}