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Government must guarantee jobs and pay in decarbonisation plans
General Secretary Mick Lynch said: “We welcome this independent report as decarbonisation is essential, but workers cannot be left behind especially in offshore oil and gas.
"There must also be a greater emphasis on investment to encourage a transition...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Offshore, Oil and Gas, Just Transition,
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
Offshore divers win substantial pay deal
The three-year deal, backed by nearly 90 per cent of over 800 members involved in a referendum, represents a 15 per cent uplift from May and a 4.5 per cent increase in 2025 and another 4.5 per cent in 2026.
In addition, the employers have agreed to...
Region: National
Tagged with: Offshore Divers, Pay Deal, ODIA
Offshore diving industry strikes suspended after an improved offer
The new multi year proposal from the ODIA signatories will now be put in an e-referendum to RMT members for them to decide whether to accept it and conclude the dispute.
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said: "This improved...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Offshore, ODIA, Divers
Offshore divers vote for strike action
The union has called for two months of strike action from August 14 to October 14 but, as always, it remains available for discussions to negotiate a settlement.
Other members working as ‘dayraters’ at Boskalis Subsea Services, KD Marine, Subsea 7, and TechnipFMC UK...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, ODIA, Offshore, Divers, Strike
Crown Estate profits must be used to boost offshore workers
In its annual report for 2023-24, Crown Estate profits have more than doubled to £1.1 bn.
RMT says there is an opportunity to use these profits and expanded borrowing powers to improve employment conditions and promote sustainable supply chains...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Offshore, Crown Estate
RMT calls for Green New Deal following Labour offshore workers protections pledge
Labour have announced that they will introduce a skills passport, protect offshore jobs and ensure workers can transition to a greener energy sector in the future.
The skills passport, originally outlined in the UK Government’s 2021 North Sea Transition...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Offshore, Green New Deal, Labour
RMT responds to helicopter tragedy
Six people were recovered from the crash and taken to hospital in Bergen and the other five crew members have “varying levels of injuries”, according to a statement from operator Bristow.
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said that it was...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, S92, Helicopter, Offshore
RMT responds to potential re-introduction of Super Puma in the offshore sector
Last year was the tenth anniversary of the last fatal Super Puma incident in the UK sector, which claimed the lives of four offshore workers, including RMT member Sarah Darnley.
33 offshore workers and helicopter crew died and 65 were rescued...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Offshore, Oil, Gas, Super Puma, Helicopter
RMT responds to Just Transition Commission report
Responding to the report's publication, Offshore union RMT General Secretary, Mick Lynch said: “The Just Transition Commissioners in Scotland are absolutely right – there can be no more ‘business as usual’ on just transition issues anymore.
"We urgently need...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Offshore, Oil, Gas, Just Transition
RMT response to Scottish government Offshore cash injection
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: "This money needs to be used to train seafarers, protect the livelihoods and ensure permanent employment for offshore oil and gas workers.
"It is important that there is continued investment in an effective...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Offshore, Oil, Gas,
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 marks 35th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster
This North Sea disaster triggered the Cullen Inquiry, which reported at the end of 1990. Prior to the launch of the Cullen Report, the Offshore Installations (Safety Representatives & Safety Committees) Regulations 1989 (SI971) were introduced by the Thatcher Government.
The...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: RMT, Piper Alpha, Mick Lynch, Offshore, Offshore Workers
RMT reacts to Crown Estate £443m profits
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “These multimillion pound companies have money to spare for lease tenders but have failed, miserably to ensure that the offshore workers contracted to operate their assets are given a pay rise to reflect the...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Offshore, Mick Lynch, Crown Estate
RMT rejects derisory pay offer for offshore caterers
Members of the offshore union feel insulted by the dreadful offer and RMT officials will be meeting again the employer on July 5 to seek an improved situation.
The offer is made up of 2.42% pay rise with only £140 for lodging...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, COTA, Offshore, Pay
Stork offshore workers take strike action
RMT members working for Stork Technical Services are taking action to get a decent pay offer, changes to rotas and other outstanding conditions of work.
The strike started at 06:30 hours on Thursday 1 June and will last until 06:29 on Saturday...
Region: National
Tagged with: Stork Technical Services, Offshore, Strike, RMT, Mick Lynch
RMT demands good conditions for offshore workers amid bumper industry profits
The STUC has revealed that 16,000 jobs were lost 2021 while big offshore energy companies produce high revenues and huge profits which are not retained in Scotland.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: "The process for increasing wind capacity needs to...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Offshore, Wind,
RMT demands stronger workers’ rights on offshore wind farms
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said that it was disappointing that trade unions were not consulted as part of the report, especially as it acknowledges the importance of a just transition to the 50,000 jobs which are expected to be lost...
Region: National
Tagged with: Offshore, Just Transition, RMT, Mick Lynch
RMT slams Equinor oil and gas profits
Responding to Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor profits of over £60bn, offshore workers' union RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: "Equinor has made exorbitant profits off the back of offshore contractors, many of them from Britain, who have suffered...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, Offshore, Oil and Gas, Profits, Equinor
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 criticises Home Office over concession over immigration rules affecting seafarers
The Offshore Wind Workers Concession (OWWC) has been extended until 30 April 2023 – the sixth time it has been prolonged.
In the joint letter RMT general secretary Mick Lynch and Nautilus leader Mark Dickinson wrote:
"This concession has...
Region: National
Tagged with: Offshore Wind, Seafarers, RMT, Mick Lynch, Nautilus,
RMT to hand in letter to Danish embassy over Orsted dispute
RMT members at Orsted have rejected a paltry pay offer and are set to take further strike action in the weeks and months ahead, unless management reverses its position.
In a letter to the Danish government, which will be handed...
Region: National
Tagged with: Orsted, Offshore, Mick Lynch, RMT
Orsted Energy workers to strike for four days
Strike action will take place on 23-24 September and 30th September and 1st of October.
The dispute is over a paltry pay offer of 3.5% from Orsted bosses, amounting to a real terms pay cut with inflation rapidly rising.
Orsted have done little to...
Region: National
Tagged with: offshore, rmt, Mick Lynch, orsted,
Piper Alpha disaster anniversary
This disaster triggered the Cullen Inquiry, which reported at the end of 1990. Prior to the launch of the Cullen Report, the Offshore Installations (Safety Representatives & Safety Committees) Regulations 1989 (SI971) were introduced.
In September 1997, Step Change in Safety was launched...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: Piper Alpha, Offshore
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,
Ben Nevis collision highlights hidden safety threat
Commenting on the news that the Ben Nevis offshore supply vessel had collided with a Valaris drilling installation, Mick Lynch, RMT General Secretary said:
“The previous owner of the Maltese-flagged Ben Nevis was caught out by maritime regulators in Aberdeen...
Region: RMT Scotland
Tagged with: Ben Nevis, Offshore Supply Vessel, Valaris, Drilling Installation
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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