Imanyano yabasebenzi yase-UK i-Union iqinisekisile ukuba phantse abantu abali-100 abasebenza kwi-Odfjell offshore abasebenza kumaqonga amabini e-BP baxhase isenzo sogwayimbo ukuze bafumane ikhefu elihlawulelwayo.
Ngokutsho kwe-Unite, abasebenzi bafuna ukufumana ikhefu elihlawulelwayo ngaphandle kweeyure ezintathu zokusebenza ezikhoyo ngoku. Kwivoti, ama-96 ekhulwini axhase isenzo sogwayimbo. Inani labantu abaphumayo liyi-73 ekhulwini. Isenzo sogwayimbo siza kubandakanya uthotho lokumiswa kweeyure ezingama-24 kodwa i-Unite ilumkisile ukuba isenzo sogwayimbo singafikelela kwisenzo sogwayimbo esipheleleyo.
Intshukumo yoqhankqalazo iza kubanjelwa kumaqonga aphambili e-BP eNorth Sea – eClair naseClair Ridge. Ngoku kulindeleke ukuba iishedyuli zabo zokumba zichaphazeleke kakhulu yile ntshukumo. Igunya lentshukumo yoshishino lilandela ukwala kuka-Odfjell ukubonelela ngekhefu lonyaka elihlawulelwayo ngamaxesha apho abo bembayo bebeya kuba phesheya kolwandle, nto leyo eshiya abo bembayo besengxakini njengoko abanye abasebenzi baselwandle benelungelo lekhefu elihlawulelwayo njengenxalenye yemisebenzi yabo yokusebenza.
Amalungu e-Unite avote ngama-97 ekhulwini ukuxhasa isenzo ngaphandle koqhankqalazo. Oku kuya kubandakanya ukuvalwa kwexesha elongezelelweyo elithintela usuku lokusebenza kwiiyure ezili-12, akukho khuseleko longezelelweyo olunikezelwayo ngexesha lekhefu elicwangcisiweyo, kunye nokurhoxiswa kwengxoxo yentando ngaphambi nasemva kohambo oluthintela ukudluliselwa phakathi kweeshifti.
“Abasebenzi be-Odfjell base-Unite bakulungele ukubathatha abaqeshi babo. Ishishini leoyile negesi lizele yinzuzo enkulu apho i-BP irekhoda inzuzo ye-$27.8 yeebhiliyoni ngo-2022 ngaphezulu kwephindwe kabini kunaleyo ka-2021. Ukubawa kweenkampani kuphezulu kakhulu kwicandelo lase-offshore, kodwa abasebenzi ababoni nanye kwezi zinto ingena kwimivuzo yabo. I-Unite iza kuxhasa amalungu ethu kuyo yonke inyathelo ekulweni imisebenzi engcono, imivuzo kunye neemeko,” utshilo unobhala jikelele we-Unite uSharon Graham.
I-Unite kule veki igxeke ukungasebenzi kukaRhulumente wase-UK ekurhafiseni iifemu zeoyile njengoko i-BP ifumene inzuzo enkulu kwimbali yayo njengoko iphindaphindeke kabini ukuya kwi-$27.8 yeebhiliyoni ngo-2022. Inzuzo ebalaseleyo ye-BP iza emva kokuba iShell ibike ingeniso ye-$38.7 yeebhiliyoni, nto leyo eyenze ukuba inzuzo iyonke yeenkampani ezimbini eziphambili zamandla eBritane ibe yi-$66.5 yeebhiliyoni.
"I-Unite inegunya elibalulekileyo lokwenza umsebenzi wobuqhophololo kumalungu ethu. Kangangeminyaka abakhi abanjengo-Odfjell kunye nabaqhubi abanjengo-BP bebesithi ukhuseleko lwaselwandle yeyona nto iphambili kubo. Sekunjalo, basaluphatha olu qela lwabasebenzi ngendelelo epheleleyo."
“Le misebenzi yeminye yemisebenzi enzima kakhulu kwicandelo laselwandle, kodwa u-Odfjell no-BP ababonakali beyiqonda okanye bengafuni ukumamela iinkxalabo zempilo nokhuseleko lwamalungu ethu. Kuphela kwiveki ephelileyo, ngaphandle kokubonisana nabasebenzi babo, u-Odfjell no-BP benze utshintsho oluzimeleyo kwiqela labasebenzi bomgqomo. Oku kuya kuthetha ukuba abanye abasebenzi baselwandle basebenza iintsuku ezingama-25 ukuya kwezingama-29 ngokulandelelana. Akunanto yakwenza nokukholelwa kwaye amalungu ethu azimisele ukulwela indawo yokusebenza engcono,” wongeze watsho uVic Fraser, igosa lezemizi-mveliso le-Unite.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Februwari-20-2023