Focus on Labour
Next UK government urged to fund ‘just transition’ for oil and gas workers
The next government must provide a “clear and funded” transition plan for workers in the offshore oil and gas industry, including the North...
ExxonMobil says French refinery may be suspended if strike continues
PARIS (Reuters) – ExxonMobil may need to suspend production at its Gravenchon refinery in northern France if striking workers continue to block access...
Rising US labor costs threaten to derail new LNG projects
A shortage of skilled labor and nagging inflation from strong wage growth on the U.S. Gulf Coast are pressuring liquefied natural gas (LNG)...
LNG company plans to use ‘floatel’ near Squamish, B.C., without local permit
Woodfibre LNG, the company behind a project near Squamish, B.C., has withdrawn its application for a local permit to house workers in a...
US unveils rules for subsidies to boost clean energy wages
U.S. President Joe Biden wants to make jobs and wages in green industries such as solar competitive with those in oil and gas.
Taseko says tentative deal reached with striking workers at Gibraltar mine
VANCOUVER — Taseko Mines Ltd. said it had reached a tentative agreement with striking employees at its Gibraltar Mine in central British Columbia....
Workers at Shell’s Scotford facility in Canada move to set up strike vote
The union representing workers at Shell's Scotford refinery in Canada says members have applied to the Alberta labor regulator for a strike vote...
Brazil agency workers overseeing oil licenses vote to strike
Workers in the Rio de Janeiro offices of environmental agency Ibama, which handles licensing of Brazil's petroleum industry, agreed to start striking on...
