{"id":9953,"date":"2016-09-22T14:59:04","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T13:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=9953"},"modified":"2016-09-23T14:55:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T13:55:12","slug":"we-wont-be-treated-unfairly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=9953","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We won&#8217;t be treated unfairly&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Members of Unite, Scotland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s biggest offshore union have voted to end an industrial dispute that led to the first North Sea strike in a generation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In July, members of the Unite union working on Shell platforms across the North Sea started strike action after rejecting proposed cuts by their employer, the oil facilities company Wood Group.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The workers faced losing up to 30 per cent in pay and allowances.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A proposal to end the dispute was put to members on 12 September, and today (September 22) the union announced that they had been accepted by 105 votes to 82.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOur negotiations with Wood Group allowed us to reduce the levels of cuts being proposed to our members\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 wages and terms and conditions,&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 said Unite regional officer John Boland.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe were able to secure improvements to competency payments and the introduction of a flexibility payment. Threats to life insurance, health care and sick pay have been removed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe have a commitment to greater work security for ad-hoc workers, and they now have greater opportunities to progress into permanent posts,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAs ever, our members have shown themselves willing to be open to meaningful negotiations and are not blind to the challenges facing the offshore sector in these difficult times \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but they have also shown they will not be treated unfairly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bI would like to pay tribute to all the stewards and members who stayed united, strong and determined during this dispute. They can be proud of the way they stood by each other in this difficult time.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of Unite, Scotland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s biggest offshore union have voted to end an industrial dispute that led to the first North Sea strike in a generation. &nbsp; In July, members of the Unite union working on Shell platforms across the North Sea started strike action after rejecting proposed cuts by their employer, the oil facilities company [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[551,357,88,552],"wps_subtitle":"First North Sea strike in a generation ends","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9953"}],"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=9953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9954,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9953\/revisions\/9954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}