Paying for the Piper - Capital and Labour in Britain's Offshore Oil Industry

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

List of Tables, List of Figures and Illustrations, Foreword, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, Introduction, PART 1. CAPITAL AND LABOUR, 1. Oil, Imperialism and the British State: The Origins of the Crisis, 2. Problems of Union Mobilization Offshore: The 1970s and 1980s, PART 2. INDUSTRIAL ACTION, 3. Prelude to Action, 4. The Summer of Discontent, PART 3. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, 5. Lord Cullen's Report, 6. 'A Profound Change of Culture', 7. The Strategy of Containment, 8. Paying for the Piper?, PART 4. THE FUTURE, 9. Striking Out: Setting a New Agenda, 10. The Future of OffshoreTrade Unionism, 11. The Restructuring of Britain's Offshore Oil and Gas Industry, 12. Conclusion: An Unsafe Future, Postscript, Afterword, Bibliography, Index

About the author

Woolfson, Charles; Foster, John; Beck, Matthais

Summary

An appraisal of current offshore industrial relations, and safety regulations instituted after the 1988 Alpha disaster in the North Sea. This text discusses the oil industry's attempts to contain subsequent, unwelcome regulatory interference, and assesses trade unionism in the offshore industry.

Product details

• Authors: Matthais Beck, Beck Matthais, John Foster, Charles Woolfson
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.01.1997
• EAN: 9780720123487
• ISBN: 978-0-7201-2348-7
• No. of pages: 624
• Weight: 920 g
• Series: Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Petroleum, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Trade Unions, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Petroleum & oil industries, Petroleum, oil and gas industries, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / Unions