In response to the government’s North Sea Future Plans consultation response, Unite, the UK’s leading union, has described it as tinkering around the edges by a government still lacking a coherent plan for the long-term transition of work for oil and gas workers.
The announcement on tiebacks is marginal and had been trailed long in advance.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham: 'This government’s drive towards net zero amounts to recklessly letting go of one rope before you have hold of another. Short-term measures and tinkering around the edges will not deliver the game changer that North Sea oil and gas workers need.
'There is still no coherent plan for a just transition for workers in the sector. This year alone two of the UK’s six oil refineries have ceased production with hundreds of jobs already being lost. Yet the opportunity to develop those sites to produce green fuels, has not been grasped. This is nothing short of incompetent.'
Source: Unite
