Mossmorran, St Fergus Contractors Announce Week-Long Strike

Unite the union confirmed on Tuesday that around 150 Kaefer maintenance and repair contractors at the Mossmorran NGL plant and the St Fergus gas terminal have backed strike action, resulting in a week-long strike action from 27 November to 4 December.

• The dispute centres on the contractor Kaefer not making a cost of living payment for 2023.
• Production at both facilities is likely to be severely impacted as Kaefer contracts include scaffold inspectors, supervisors, riggers, forklift drivers and others, the union said.
• “Kaefer have left our members with no option but to take strike action at the Mossmorran and St Fergus plants to secure a cost-of-living increase. The company along with the operator Shell, who ultimately funds any deal, have refused to make our members any offer never mind a fair one”, Sharon Graham, Unite general secretary, said.