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Paying for the Piper: Capital and Labour in Britain's Offshore Oil Industry (Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context) [Paperback]

Matthais Beck (Author), John Foster (Author), Charles Woolfson (Author)

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Publication Date: June 9, 2005 | Series: Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context

This book is an appraisal of current offshore industrial relations, and safety regulations instituted after the 1988 Alpha disaster in the North Sea. This text discusses the oil industry's attempts to contain subsequent, unwelcome regulatory interference, and examines the fraught history of trade unionism in the offshore industry, the conflict over health and safety, and the sometimes brutal struggle over union rights as the workforce attempted to achieve a collective voice in the reshaping of the safety and production environment. The authors conclude that, as yet, offshore safety has been little, or not at all, improved.

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Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1St Edition edition (June 9, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 072012350X
ISBN-13: 978-0749445188
Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,351,880 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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combined incident rates, offshore workforce, offshore safety representatives, offshore unionization, gradual erosion scenario, offshore industrial relations, incident statistics report, safety case regime, offshore committee, regulatory reconstruction, offshore employers, offshore affairs, cast coal workings, offshore scene, fast rescue craft, offshore dispute, offshore workers, offshore context, onshore regulations, standby vessel, combined incidents, offshore accident, temporary safe refuge, sectional agreements, catering workers

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North Sea, Piper Alpha, Safety Case, Lord Cullen, Standing Committee, Wood Group, Cormorant Alpha, Organising Committee, Department of Energy, Brent Charlie, Press Offshore, Financial Times, Aberdeen Petroleum Review, Continental Shelf Agreement, Striking Out, Brent Bravo, United States, City of London, Middle East, Safe Gothia, Beryl Alpha, Brent Spar, Labour Party, Liaison Panel, Certification Officer

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