Latest Media Reports
Refining industry needs European agreement
Shell research centre near Ellesmere Port to shut down in 2014
UK PSM Management Strategy 2012-2114
UK energy minister bullish over future of Coryton refinery
Shell may restart French Petroplus refinery
Coryton refinery gets lifeline from Petroplus founder
Vitol, two others eye leasing UK Coryton refinery
Chevron oil refinery bosses could face manslaughter charges after four deaths
Petroplus Coryton plant to receive crude tanker
Italian refineries to shut down over Iran oil sanctions
Private equity firm joins Petroplus suitors
Interest in Coryton oil refinery 'encouraging'
Safety chief uses high-hazard visit to distinguish real health and safety from the nonsense
'Breathing space' at Coryton oil refinery after cargo delivery
Coryton owners go into administration
The Petroplus failure is just the tip of the iceberg in the oil sector
Investor Gary Klesch May Buy Three Petroplus Oil Refineries
No change on oil refinery ownership
Investors interested in Petroplus as minister holds talks
Coryton refinery shipments start as deal signed
The crisis in European refining
£100 for a tank of diesel and record petrol prices predicted as Coryton refinery goes bankrupt
Petroplus bankruptcy: Drivers face fuel shortages as Coryton refinery goes bust
Coryton Stops Supplies, Putting Jobs And Petrol Supplies At Risk
Petroplus to file for insolvency
Petroplus share trading suspended on Swiss exchange
Petroplus seeks refinery sale in hostile market
Petroplus secures new crude cargo for UK Coryton refinery
Shell to shut Thornton research base and transfer its work overseas
Petroplus granted reprieve by creditors.
Petroplus UK Refinery Manager To Meet Trade Union
Euro crisis speeds zombie refinery cull
Swiss oil refiner Petroplus sees credit lines blocked
Shell closes its final-salary pension scheme
Petroplus in rescue talks with unnamed oil group
Workers fearful over Petroplus uncertainty (From Thurrock Gazette)
Petroplus French Refinery Halt May Mean Death of Normandy Site,
Credit crunch prompts Petroplus to shut 3 refineries
Petroplus: rapid rise, darkening skies
Petroplus shares fall 40% after $1bn credit freeze
Indian Oil refining capacity to rise over 60% by 2016
USW Oil Workers Ratify National Oil Bargaining Policy
Petroplus profit disappoints, future in doubt
Essar Energy completes Vadinar shutdown
BP and partners announce £10 billion investment in UK Oil & Gas
Shell Pension Fund Joins Appeal of ‘Feeder Fund’ Ruling by Madoff Judge
Oil Workers struggle in Iraq, Iran, Colombia, USA, Latin America
Norwegian Deepwater Horizon Report
New tax could cost Ineos over £60m
EU carbon costs may force refiners to relocate
Workers’ Leader at Ecopetrol in Colombia Assassinated
Shell shuts some Singapore refinery units after fire
US refinery workers prepare for strike ahead of talks
ConocoPhillips to shut US Refinery in six months
Esso Fawley fined for Southampton Water toxic oil leak
Lindsey Oil Refinery construction workers stage protest over plans to cut pay by 30%
BP oil spill: US report shares Deepwater Horizon blame
Unite chief Len McCluskey in 'civil disobedience' call
Former Shell chairman to lead deregulation of UK oil and gas industry
Behavioural safety champion Du Pont criticised for fatal accident
Barclays to sign Sh1.2bn power back-up deal with oil refinery
Easing tension in Libya could benefit oil firms
European refiners could face another decade of pain
U.K. Deal Marks Latest Shift For European Refining Sector
Ministers discuss growing UK-India commercial ties
Shell stands firm on axing Clyde refinery in Sydney
Shell to Stop Processing at Australian Refinery
Britain, India strike major trade deal
Oil companies poised to unveil huge profits
ConocoPhillips to split into two
Riot Police Break up Oil Workers Demonstration
Essar Energy May Raise $3 Billion for U.K., India Projects
INEOS fined £100,000 following an oil release
INEOS sentenced over finger loss
TUC concern over rise in deaths at work
Essar Seeks Indonesia, Australia Resources to Meet Indian Demand
BBC News - Pembroke Chevron refinery blast: Inquiry after four die
European oil refineries for sale or closure
UK diesel shortage 'may put energy security at risk'
ACT NOW! Defend Iraqi oil union leader
Essar Energy Investor Presentation May / June 2011
Essar set for an Indian summer
Deregulation's deadly reality gulf
A deregulatory blitzkrieg' by the coalition government could create the conditions linked to incidents like the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster engulfing BP. 'Abuse of power', an article in the new issue of the workers' health and safety magazine Hazards notes: 'Observers increasingly accept the disaster was a product of inadequate regulation, oversight and enforcement. It caused incalculable economic and environmental damage, has strained relations between the US and the UK and has led for calls for directors of BP to face criminal charges.'
But it says while the Treasury faces a loss of billions in revenue from the cash-strapped multinational, 'the coalition has embarked on a deregulatory blitzkrieg.' On 1 July, the business department (BIS) announced 'a tough new Cabinet committee with the job of reducing the heavy burden of red tape on business', chaired by business secretary Vince Cable.
"Abuse of Power" Hazards Magazine
Colombian Visitor
Mr Jorge Gamboa, a senior Colombian trade union leader visited the North West for a conference in Manchester in June 2010.
During his visit he took time out to meet with the Ops stewards to give them an update on the appalling human rights crisis in Colombia. Jorge himself has survived three assassination attempts but continues to try and improve Trade Union rights.
It was agreed at the meeting that we would affiliate to Justice for Colombia.
The United Steelworkers (USW), North America's largest private sector union, and Unite the Union, the largest labour organisation in the United Kingdom and Ireland, are joining forces.
Workers Uniting will draw on the energies of the two unions more than three million active and retired workers from the United States, Canada, Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland who work in virtually every sector of the global economy, including manufacturing, service, mining and transportation.
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UNITE NEWS
Unite fears Shell set to abandon UK
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TUPE
The Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) Regulations, known as the TUPE Regulations, govern how workers are treated following the transfer of a business or a change in service provision. The original aim of the Regulations was to strengthen the rights of workers involved in transfers, providing them with continuity of employment and the same terms and conditions as they had before.
Guide to the 2006 TUPE Regulations
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