Offshore drilling workers plan strike in UK - union

Odfjell SE

05/10/2022 12:31

Oct 5 (Reuters) - Labour union Unite Scotland said on
Wednesday that more than 300 offshore drilling and contract
maintenance workers employed by companies including Maersk
 DRLCO.CO  and Odfjell  ND4.F  have backed a strike action in
the UK.
    The Unite union said the industrial action comes after the
workers rejected a 5% pay offer from the companies, which also
include Archer UK Ltd and Transocean Onshore Support Services
Ltd.
    The union said the strike will involve a series of 48-hour
stoppages every second week for the first eight weeks starting
on Oct. 20 and Oct. 21.
    A further series of stoppages of will take place on Nov.
3-4, Nov. 17-8 and Dec. 15-16, and could thereafter escalate to
an all-out strike action, Unite said.
 (Reporting by Sinchita Mitra in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju
Samuel)
 ((Sinchita.Mitra@thomsonreuters.com;))