Workers have started a 24-hour walkout at offshore rigs as a union boss accused the operating company of “revelling in playing Scrooge”.
Petrofac workers on Repsol installations in the North Sea started their two-day strike on Thursday, Unite said, with a warning of more walkouts to come.
Sharon Graham, the union’s general secretary, said the 170 workers involved are taking the “latest action due to a series of unacceptable pay offers”, adding: “Unite’s members are watching offshore oil and gas giants mount up eye-watering profits.
