The Offshore Industry Liaison Committee (OILC) was a trade union set up in the United Kingdom in response to the deaths of 167 workers on the Piper Alpha platform on 6 July 1988.[3] The death of another worker on the Ocean Odyssey oil rig on 22 September 1988 and other accidents also played a part in spurring its foundation.[1] The union, still in the form of an unofficial committee drawn from different North Sea rigs, organized large strikes in the summers of 1989 and 1990.[4]
Offshore Industry Liaison Committee | |
| Founded | 6 July 1989[1] |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | April 2008 (merged with RMT)[2] |
| Type | Trade union |
| Location | |
| Origins | Piper Alpha disaster |
| Website | www.oilc.org |
The OILC is now a branch of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), having agreed to merge from April 2008.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Thomas, Allister (16 October 2019). "Marking 30 Years of the RMT 'Oilc' Offshore Union Branch". Energy Voice. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ a b "RMT Membership Passes 80,000 as OILC Merger Is Completed". RMT. 23 April 2008. Archived from the original on 30 August 2010.
- ^ Ali, Umar. "Through Time: Offshore Strikes in the North Sea". Offshore Technology Focus. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ Woolfson, Charles; Beck, Matthias (2000). "The British Offshore Oil Industry After Piper Alpha". New Solutions. 10 (1–2): 11–65. doi:10.2190/TCMB-YQA4-TXU0-B1D4.
