At the recent CPSA conferencea member of their execudescribed breakaway scab union the same as the UUM. We fortunately had the op portunity to counter these accusations which we total.
ly reject. First, we are not a breakaway union. The other nine unions have failed to cooperate in the North Sea for 22 years. The OILC is a unifying factor acting primarily on safety.
Also, the OILC has never asked any member to resign from another union. We en courage members to retain their membership of their existing onshore when they join the OIL.C.
This dual-card approach encourages union participation and is the opposite of 'scabbing By their failure to "cooperate or solidarise, it is the other unions who are breaking away from union
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