The Latest Helicopter Steering Group Newsletter.
Here is the latest Helicopter Safety Steering Group (HSSG) newsletter which explains what happened to the Bond helicopter that ditched on Thursday May 10th.
This information is set out in a way that should help you all better understand what went on and what has happened since. …
AAIB Bulletin S2/2012 Special
An initial investigation into the cause of the controlled ditching of the EC225 Super Puma on the 10th May 2012 is published below. An emergency meeting is taking place on Monday 14th May and we will update the site with any further information as we receive it.
Read the Latest Edition of Enough Is Enough
Please click on the link below to download the latest edition of Enough Is Enough.
COTA Legal Challenge Defeated- Vote Yes for Strike Action
Today at the Court of Session in Edinburgh the COTA companies tried to persuade a Judge, Lord Woolman, that the proposed ballot of.RMT and Unite catering members was unlawful. The employers were applying an "interim interdict" which is essentially a ruling from the court to stop the ballot.
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Bond EC225 ditching May 10th 2012
An EC225 helicopter (Euro-copter Super Puma) operated by Bond Helicopters ditched in the North Sea today some 25 miles off Aberdeen while on route to an offshore installation. Reports thus far indicate that all 14 personnel onboard, 2-crew and 12 passengers, escaped into a life-raft and are being recovered.
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Extension of National Employers Savings Trust (NEST) to seafarers and offshore workers
Dear Colleague
Extension of National Employers Savings Trust (NEST) to seafarers and offshore workers
Further to the Circular No. 137/11, I write to update branches and activists of progress in our ongoing campaign to extend the statutory savings scheme NEST to seafarers and offshore workers.
UNION STRENGTH WINS PAY DEALS
We we want to highlight especially to our "Catering members" who are in dispute with the employers what can be achieved when full union membership is gained. Also attached is a article about FUP [Brazilian Oil workers Union] who are willing to strike to gain Norwegian Safety Standards in there sector, they also wish to obtain better pay and greater workforce involvement in health and safety. …
OCA Standby now 7 days
RMT/OILC believes D1 standard time rate [Cat B Terms] is wrong on the document and should be £17.32 per hour
Please click on the link below for the document download.
Members Response to Working Time Decision
As a result of the Supreme Court ruling on 'Working Time' for offshore workers, we have been inundated with emails complaining and generally 'ranting' about the decision. We therefore took the decision to ask members to provide a response to a couple of questions about the decision and here we reproduce most of the ones we've had thus far. …
Education Courses Available at Doncaster Education Centre
To: All BRANCHES, REGIONAL COUNCILS, & REGIONAL OFFICES
Dear Colleagues.
Education Courses at Doncaster Education Centre – 2012.
I am pleased to enclose the calendar for our Education programme for 2012 at the RMT’s Education Centre in Doncaster. …
URGENT - ATTENTION ALL OFFSHORE WORKERS
The Offshore Energy Branch of RMT has received numerous calls regarding a tax consultant who is advising he can recover tax payments for offshore workers. This consultant advises he can recover several years of payments from HM Revenue and Customs and he will deduct a commission payment for the service.
Minutes of COTA Negotiation Meetings
Please click on the link below to read the minutes of the COTA meetings.
cota_wage_negotiations_2011.pdf
cota_wage_negotiation_minut.pdf
cota_wage_negotiations_2011.pdf
100% - Reject COTA offer.
HSE releases findings from safety rep inspection project
2011/12 COTA PHONE BALLOT
The 2011/12 COTA phone ballot will be run from:
Monday 10th to Friday 14th of October 2011
Lines will be open all day between
9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Thursday
and 9.00am to 3.00pm on Friday.
To register your vote:
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COTA WAGE NEGOTIATIONS 2011/12 UPDATE
To All Unite the Union and RMT Offshore Caterers
(COTA Grades A to E)
Dear Brothers and Sisters
COTA WAGE NEGOTIATIONS 2011/12: UPDATE
Prior to this year’s negotiations commencing our joint Shop Steward brought forward their members aspirations regarding their terms and conditions etc, which they felt needed to be improved this year along with a substantial basic rate increase.…
Workers in Fulmar asbestos fibre scare
On 18 February, workers from Aberdeen-based contract companies Paradigm Flow Solutions and CAN (Offshore) began work on the deluge system in several of the platform’s modules, which involved using wire brushes and scrapers to clean a number of flanges and remove old gaskets.
Offshore Energy Grades Conference May 21st - 23rd 2012
Offshore Energy Grades Conference – May 21st-23rd – 2012
The Offshore Energy Grades Conference shall be held in the Apex Dundee City Hotel next year. We have secured a beautiful hotel which over looks the River Tay with some excellent views. …
Improvement Notice served on Brent C after inspection
OCA deal – done?
We can confirm that the revised offer on the basic OCA rate has been accepted by the Unite and GMB membership. The members voted almost 2 to 1 in favour of accepting the deal, apparently at 4.5%, which had been recommended by the respective officials of both unions. …
DEATHS AT WORK RISE TO 171
28 Jun 2011 - 10:42
By Alan Jones, Press Association Industrial Correspondent
The number of people killed at work increased last year to 171, including 50 in the construction industry, new figures showed today.
Brae Alpha leak had capacity to spark an explosion
UK trades unions in push for more safety muscle
Article written by Robb Watts in Upstream Oil and Gas UK.
Calls for new powers for North Sea offshore representatives
UK TRADES unions have seized on an ongoing review of the country’s offshore regulatory regime in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the US Gulf to call for workforce safety representatives to be given radical new powers.
Agency Workers Directive due to come into force October 1st 2011
Deepwater Horizon - Full Report Available to download
This report is 328 pages long and does take a bit of time to download but is recommended reading.
deepwater-reporttothepresid.pdf
Standby vessel collides with BP Magnus platform, click on link to see the pictures.
Attention all RMT Caterers
Attention all RMT caterers
2010-2011 COTA Agreement.
RMT/OILC Offshore Energy Branch attaches a link for you to download the COTA agreement.
Is your Installation a rotten heap of junk ?
Well the HSE offshore division have recently issued a comprehensive report that has found neglect and extreme corrosion on installations across the UKCS.
Members should read the attached report.
Please email or telephone [strictly confidential] RMT/OILC immediately if you have concerns about your installation.…