UK North Sea Workers Forced To Take Pay Cuts For Green Jobs—If They Can Find Them
Miliband's 'fair energy transition' unravels as the union reports 1,000 oil and gas jobs lost per month and pay down 30%.
by Jonathan Leake June 18, 2026, 2:30 PM
Oil and gas workers are being forced to take significant pay cuts to work in renewables, one of the UK’s biggest trade unions has told MPs. [some emphasis, links added]
The claims by the GMB union, which represents thousands of oil and gas workers, cast doubt on Ed Miliband’s claims of a “fair energy transition” for employees.
It says the renewables sector pays wages up to 30pc lower than the oil and gas industry, employs far fewer workers and operates a “hire and fire” culture that is destroying the UK’s energy communities.
“We don’t recognise the energy transition,” Claire Greer, a GMB senior organiser, told the Commons energy select committee on Wednesday.
The warning comes on the eve of the Aberdeen South by-election, where the oil and gas industry is a key issue for voters.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/uk-north-sea-workers-green-jobs-pay-cuts/
