SHELL SACRIFICES SAFETY FOR PROFIT IN SELLING OUT WORKFORCE!
Multinational
oil giant Shell is putting profit before safety and Australian jobs,
slashing jobs and outsourcing work.
“Shell is selling out its workforce – they had around 100 drivers Australia-wide, some who had worked in these jobs for many years,” State Secretary Wayne Forno said.
“There have been a number of deaths in the oil industry already this year. These multinationals hire transport companies to cut costs, and transport companies are at their mercy. The contract goes to the lowest bidder, which forces the transport companies to cut costs by setting low rates of pay for their drivers.
“Large oil conglomerates and retailers shirk their responsibility for safety and fair pay and entitlements once they outsource, because it’s not their company that owns the truck or, in the case of transport companies, employs the drivers.”
In this round of redundancies, 18 Sydney truck drivers and 4 Newcastle truck drivers will lose their jobs with Shell and their functions will be outsourced. This has already happened in regional NSW centres such as Tamworth and Orange, and interstate.
Take action
If you are dangerous goods driver, you’re invited to join the TWU Oil and Gas Industry Committee. Every voice adds extra pressure on employers and clients who are in a race to the bottom on safety, pay, and entitlements. For more information on how you can be involved, call Committee chairman Mark Bell on 9912 0723.
“There have been a number of deaths in the oil industry already this year. These multinationals hire transport companies to cut costs, and transport companies are at their mercy. The contract goes to the lowest bidder, which forces the transport companies to cut costs by setting low rates of pay for their drivers.
“Large oil conglomerates and retailers shirk their responsibility for safety and fair pay and entitlements once they outsource, because it’s not their company that owns the truck or, in the case of transport companies, employs the drivers.”
In this round of redundancies, 18 Sydney truck drivers and 4 Newcastle truck drivers will lose their jobs with Shell and their functions will be outsourced. This has already happened in regional NSW centres such as Tamworth and Orange, and interstate.
Take action
If you are dangerous goods driver, you’re invited to join the TWU Oil and Gas Industry Committee. Every voice adds extra pressure on employers and clients who are in a race to the bottom on safety, pay, and entitlements. For more information on how you can be involved, call Committee chairman Mark Bell on 9912 0723.