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March 10(Reuters) – Britain’s Unite union said on Friday that several Sparrow offshore services workers had voted to strike at dozens of platforms on Britain’s continental shelf, including those from BP ( BP.L ) and Shell ( SHEL.L ) .

20more than oil and gas About 150 Sparrow workers on its platform have voted to strike over a pay dispute, the union said in a press release.

This was last week when union Sparrow members working at BP’s Andrew, Clair, Clair Ridge, ETAP, Glen Lyon and Mungo rigs labour It comes after they announced their support for strike action in a separate dispute over pay and conditions.

The strike action will hit BP’s rigs in 24-, 48- and 72-hour intervals from March 29 to June 7, the union said in a statement today, adding that the permanent ban on overtime will begin on March 21.

It will also hit several other large operators, including Apache and Harbor Energy.

Reporting by Seher Dareen, Swati Verma and Harshit Verma in Bengaluru; Edited by Alex Richardson and Louise Heavens

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2023-03-11 00:32:44
Source – reuters

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