{"id":9267,"date":"2016-07-13T15:28:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T14:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=9267"},"modified":"2016-07-13T15:28:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T14:28:39","slug":"shameful-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=9267","title":{"rendered":"Shameful attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Unite members at Wood Group, a multinational oil and gas services company, have overwhelmingly backed taking industrial action in a dispute over pay cuts and changes to allowances. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Talks at the conciliation services Acas broke down on Friday (July 8) after Wood Group refused to reconsider swingeing 30 per cent pay cuts on eight of Shell\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s North Sea oil and gas platforms.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Unite had urged the firm to start negotiating meaningfully to find a settlement prior to any industrial action.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today (Wednesday July 13) there was resounding endorsement for industrial action with 99.1 per cent of those voting in the ballot backing strike action, 99.5 per cent supporting action short of a strike and a turnout of 88.6 per cent.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWood Group could have avoided this escalation through meaningful negotiations, instead it has chosen to continue with this shameful attack on our members pay and working conditions,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said John Boland, Unite regional officer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Workers have already seen significant reductions in allowances over the last two years and recent changes have also seen workers move to a three-week offshore working cycle.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWood Group needs to drop its refusal to properly negotiate to halt this dispute and take a step back from implementing the crippling cuts to our members pay and terms and conditions,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said John.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">More than 200 North Sea oil rig workers were balloted over the cuts including large cuts to sickness pay and travel allowances, and retaining existing life insurance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOur members have worked with Wood Group to secure its future in what has been extremely challenging times for the sector,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said John.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe least the company can do is show a similar commitment to its workforce by dropping these swingeing cuts,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite members at Wood Group, a multinational oil and gas services company, have overwhelmingly backed taking industrial action in a dispute over pay cuts and changes to allowances. \u00c2\u00a0 Talks at the conciliation services Acas broke down on Friday (July 8) after Wood Group refused to reconsider swingeing 30 per cent pay cuts on eight 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