Taken from June 2009 News letter Enough is Enough
http://www.oilc.org/
ROV employer Subsea7 would
seem to be about to lead the
charge to the bottom when it
comes to wages. Reports from members
suggest that some riggers are to be
replaced by riggers hired in the Far East
on rates as low as £48 a day. Reports are
also coming in that ROV trainees have
also been hired on similar conditions.
The OILC branch took the decision that
the branch secretary act as focus for all
information regarding this attack and try
and set up a network of correspondents
who will liaise with the branch secretary
to ascertain just what has happened on
every unit so far, and determine the union
density on each unit and discuss a
strategy to confront this problem.
EiE 8 will also attempt to look at this
issue in detail and is looking for letters
from Subsea7 employees in all
disciplines, marine, rigging , ROV and
diving, as well as from similar grades
with other ROV operators who will
surely be forced to follow suit should
Subsea7 be allowed to get away
with this.
Contact: oilc.secretary@gmail.com
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