An offshore workers’ union is demanding a halt to sweeping job cuts in Scotland’s vital oil and gas industry.The RMT warned around 20 operators are making big spending reductions and laying-off staff before the impact of coronavirus on the sector is fully understood.The warning comes as industry body Oil and Gas UK said the sector is suffering a “triple whammy” of low oil and gas prices, along with the Covid-19 pandemic.RMT regional organiser Jake Molloy said it is wrong to fire workers when they could be kept on the government's job retention scheme.“It’s a knee-jerk reaction and it’s flawed,” he said.“Absence rates are about to go through the roof if predictions of infection rates are correct.“Why are companies paying people off when they
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