More than 450 offshore drilling and drilling maintenance personnel covered by the UK Drilling Contractors Association (UKDCA) have agreed to call off strike action after accepting an improved pay offer of 10%.
ABERDEEN, UK— More than 450 offshore drilling and drilling maintenance personnel covered by the UK Drilling Contractors Association (UKDCA) have agreed to call off strike action after accepting an improved pay offer of 10%.
Vic Fraser, industrial officer of the Unite the Union, said, “During the first in a series of planned 48-hour stoppages across the North Sea and following further discussions with the UKDCA and [conciliation service] Acas, an improved offer of 10% was tabled; this was put to our members who have accepted the offer.
“This demonstrates what can be achieved when meaningful negotiations take place and employers listen to what our members are collectively saying; it proves that collective bargaining works for all.”
