Members of The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) who work for Orsted in the UK have been urged to take strike action later this month over the company’s rate of pay and conditions of service.
The trade union has called on all 96 RMT Orsted members to not to book on for any shifts between 23 and 24 September as well as 30 September and 1 October following the outcome of a recent ballot.
RMT’s General Secretary Michael Lynch said in a member update last week that he hoped the strike action “will focus management’s minds and get them back round the table to resolve this matter”.
“You should be rewarded with a fair pay increase and genuine improvements to your terms and conditions,” Lynch said.
“Management probably believe that you are not prepared to fight for pay justice, it is time to prove them wrong,” he added.
A spokesperson for Ørsted said: “Following a ballot of its 96 members working in our offshore wind operations team, the RMT union has notified us of its intention for those members to conduct two 48 hour strikes over pay and conditions of service beginning 23rd September and 30th September.
“We have always committed to being a leading and caring employer, paying fair and competitive salaries to all our employees as part of our sector-leading employment agreements.
“We are conscious of the continuing inflationary pressures in the UK and have already committed to discussions with Prospect, with whom we have a formal Trade Union recognition agreement for negotiating terms and conditions of employment for Ørsted’s UK wind operations and maintenance staff.”