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09/04/2015
Union Warns Against Job Cuts Following Merger Announcement
Unite the union is warning against crude cost cutting and job cuts following the announcement of a 'mega merger' between Royal Dutch Shell and exploration firm BG Group.
With workers in Shell's North Sea operations already facing a raft of job cuts and the two companies talking of the need to achieve ‘synergies’, the union called for urgent assurances over jobs and skills.
Unite Scottish secretary Pat Rafferty said: "North Sea oil and gas is in the grip of a concerted attempt by the offshore industry to impose a race to the bottom on jobs, terms and conditions.
"People are already paying with their livelihoods because the big oil companies failed to put aside money for a rainy day when the sun was shining and oil prices were high.
"This mega merger should not be built off the back of crude cost cutting and further job cuts which would only serve to be counterproductive over the long term. Both Shell and BG Group need to make commitments on retaining skills and give assurances over jobs."
(CD)
With workers in Shell's North Sea operations already facing a raft of job cuts and the two companies talking of the need to achieve ‘synergies’, the union called for urgent assurances over jobs and skills.
Unite Scottish secretary Pat Rafferty said: "North Sea oil and gas is in the grip of a concerted attempt by the offshore industry to impose a race to the bottom on jobs, terms and conditions.
"People are already paying with their livelihoods because the big oil companies failed to put aside money for a rainy day when the sun was shining and oil prices were high.
"This mega merger should not be built off the back of crude cost cutting and further job cuts which would only serve to be counterproductive over the long term. Both Shell and BG Group need to make commitments on retaining skills and give assurances over jobs."
(CD)
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