North Sea - Divers reject pay offer
WORKERS, OCT 2006 ISSUE
By a vote of 640 to 2, North Sea Divers, members of the RMT trade union, have rejected a 15 per cent pay offer spread over three years. The divers, employed in the oil and gas exploration industries, are expected to move to strike action shortly.
Wage rates have fallen by over 20 per cent in the past 20 years despite the demand for oil and gas continuing to rise and the profits of the oil and gas companies being recorded in billions of dollars.