energy - 8 Items Tagged Within News
Offshore workers must not be casualties of clean energy transition, warns RMT
The union which represents workers in the offshore energy sector, has said it is committed to working with the government but has insisted that any green transition must centre around workers, ensuring secure well-paid jobs for the long-term future.
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Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Offshore, Energy,
RMT welcomes skills passport but seeks pay and training reforms
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said: "It is positive that offshore workers now have some guidance on pathways into the offshore wind sector. However, our members have concerns over pay disparities and the duplication of qualifications, particularly in the drilling...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Offshore, GB Energy Bill
RMT responds to government energy announcement
Offshore workers union, RMT today responded to the Energy Security and Net Zero department promising action on jobs, investment and clean energy.
An RMT spokesperson said: “We welcome the government’s commitment to billions of pounds of investment into the...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Offshore Energy
RMT responds to Rosebank oil field go-ahead
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said: “The North Sea Transition Authority awarding a new oil and gas licence to a consortium in which the Norwegian Government effectively has an 80% stake shows exactly why the UK needs its own publicly owned...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Rosebank, Offshore, energy
RMT reacts to Shell profits
Reacting to the eyewatering figures, Offshore workers union, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “Profits and dividends on this scale when millions of people cannot heat or eat a square meal in their homes demonstrates the remorseless and unjust nature...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Offshore, Energy
RMT on BP profits announcement
“Coming hot on the heels of the Shell announcement these obscene BP profits and shareholder dividends are indefensible while our key workers face crippling energy bills and the economy fails. These figures only serve to illustrate why public ownership and...
Region: National
Tagged with: BP, Shell, Profit, Just Transition, Offshore Energy,
Transport and energy workers to protest tomorrow
Marking the three-month anniversary of the beginning of the COP26 Climate Conference transport and energy workers are to march to the office of the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tomorrow to protest at the betrayal by the SNP / Green Government of...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: COP26, Climate Conference, SNP, Green, Rail, Ferry, Energy
RMT responds to ScotWind announcement
Offshore and seafarer union RMT today responded to Crown Estate Scotland’s announcement of 17 fixed and floating offshore wind projects in Scottish waters in exchange for nearly £700m from developers, including Shell, BP, Total, Spanish-owned Scottish Power Renewables, SSE, Vattenfall and...
Region: RMT Scotland
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