Paying for the Piper: Capital and Labour in Britain's Offshore Oil Industry by Charles Woolfson
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Paying for the Piper
Paying for the Piper
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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.
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Table of Contents
Oil, imperialism and the British state - the origins of the crisis; problems of union mobilization - the 1970s and 1980s; prelude to action; the summer of discontent; Lord Cullen's Report; `a profound change in culture'; the strategy of containment; paying for the piper?; striking out - setting a new agenda; the future of offshore trade unionism; the restructuring of Britain's oil and gas - the supply industry; conclusion - an unsafe future.
Additional information
GOR001860600
9780720123500
072012350X
Paying for the Piper: Capital and Labour in Britain's Offshore Oil Industry by Charles Woolfson
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
19970102
624
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