{"id":5022,"date":"2015-07-29T17:15:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T16:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=5022"},"modified":"2015-07-29T17:15:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T16:15:27","slug":"no-to-shift-rota-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=5022","title":{"rendered":"No to shift rota changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Unite members under the Offshore Contractors Association (OCA) agreement today (July 29) rejected proposals over changes to shift rotas and terms and conditions following a consultative ballot, increasing the likelihood of industrial action in the North Sea.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sixty three and half\u00c2\u00a0per cent per cent of members balloted voted against OCA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s offer to move to a three-on\/three-off shift pattern, with a variable remuneration offer to mitigate the impact on terms and conditions caused by the changes to working-time arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe said previously that our members would have the final say and they are clear that the OCA offer isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t good enough,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Unite industrial officer Willie Wallace.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bNorth Sea employers must do more to address the deep concerns our members have over these shift pattern changes &#8211; from loss of earnings and livelihoods to the impact on workplace health and safety and quality of life,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe are not blind to the challenges facing the industry \u00e2\u20ac\u201c indeed, we are acutely aware it because the human cost of the downturn is clear in the deep cuts to our members\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 incomes and livelihoods.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wallace noted that the lesson the industry must take from the process is that it must consult and engage with members in a \u00e2\u20ac\u015bfar more meaningful manner\u00e2\u20ac\u0165.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAny changes impacting lives and livelihoods should not be imposed,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite members under the Offshore Contractors Association (OCA) agreement today (July 29) rejected proposals over changes to shift rotas and terms and conditions following a consultative ballot, increasing the likelihood of industrial action in the North Sea. &nbsp; Sixty three and half\u00c2\u00a0per cent per cent of members balloted voted against OCA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s offer to move to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2050,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[357,358],"wps_subtitle":"Offshore members reject industry\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s three-on\/three-off shift pattern","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5022"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5024,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5022\/revisions\/5024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}