Offshore Contractors Partnership Agreement 2019
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 in Uncategorized
The OCA was established in 1995 and negotiates the agreement on behalf of the employers with the unite and GMB unions. An online consultation vote will open on Monday, December 17, 2018 and end on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, with Unite recommending acceptance of the salary offer, Unite said. John Boland, Unite`s Regional Industry Manager, said: “After productive negotiations with OCA contractors this week, a new offer will be made for Unite`s offshore membership. The offer represents a marked improvement over what was initially done in June. Unite Scotland reacted today (11 May) angrily to the failure of talks between unions and offshore oil companies of the Offshore Counterfeiters Association (OCA). The union said “all options are on the table” to protect the existing industry-wide agreement. John Boland, Unite`s Regional Industry Manager, said: “After a long process, Unite members have accepted the OCA`s revised salary offer. The two-year salary contract represents a significant improvement over the OCA`s initial offer, recognized by our offshore members who perform difficult and arduous tasks. We are delighted that, after this democratic decision by our members, we can leave behind this period of uncertainty. John Boland, Unite`s Regional Industrial Administrator, said: “The new agreement will bring relief to many of our members facing a very uncertain future and ensure a staff ready to weather this pandemic. Offshore unit members are used to overcoming difficulties and, with the support of their union, they will overcome this period and be stronger in it. In cooperation, the unions and the OCA have shown the value of an offshore collective agreement and, therefore, the offshore subcontracting agreement must be maintained.
» ENDSNotes to editor: Unite Scotland is the largest and most diverse union in the country, with around 150,000 members. The union is led in Scotland by Pat Rafferty. Offshore unions have condemned the contractors` plan to abandon a major British collective agreement in the North Sea. “In these times of significant political turbulence, we know that many offshore employees will welcome these financial guarantees. This offer will bring stability to the North Sea and give us time to strengthen our long-term partnership with trade unions, which will bring improvements to the entire sector. The OCA said on Monday: “The contractors` offshore partnership agreement is maintained. We have started a discussion in favour of a wider adoption of the agreement and we welcome OGUK`s support to move things forward. The future of britain`s north sea`s largest collective bargaining agreement is on hold after it turned out that employers had informed the unions that they intended to dissolve the Offshore Contractors Association (OCA).
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