March 10 (Reuters) – Britain’s Unite union said on Friday several Sparrows offshore service workers voted to strike at dozens of rigs on the UK continental shelf, including those of BP. (BP.L) and shell (SHELL).
About 150 Sparrows workers at more than 20 oil and gas platforms voted to strike in a pay dispute, the union said in a news release.
This comes after the union announced last week that its Sparrows members who work at BP’s Andrew, Clair, Clair Ridge, ETAP, Glen Lyon and Mungo facilities backed the strike in a separate dispute over pay and conditions.
The strike will hit BP rigs from March 29 to June 7 in a series of 24-, 48- and 72-hour stoppages, Unite said in today’s statement, adding that the continued ban on overtime will also begin on March 21st.
This will also affect other major carriers including Apache and Harbor Energy.
Reporting by Seher Dareen, Swati Verma and Harshit Verma in Bangalore; Edited by Alex Richardson and Louise Heavens
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