Latest editorial
An oil platform standing amongst other rigs that have been left in the Cromarty Firth near Invergordon in the Highlands of Scotland, February 15, 2016
![A banner hung from Brighton pier by climate activists, June 25, 2026 [Pic: Immo Klink]](https://msd11.gn.apc.org/sites/default/files/styles/desktop/public/2026-06/Heat-Strike_BrightonPier_240626_credit_Immo_Klink_01.jpg.webp?itok=0xKwC4ap)
TRANSPORT union RMT demanded today that Crown Estate profits be used to secure decent contracts, pay and working conditions for offshore workers.
Profits from the Crown Estate, land officially owned by the monarch, more than doubled to £1.1 billion from 2023-24, largely driven from fees paid to secure land for offshore wind farms.
RMT says these profits could be used to improve employment conditions and promote sustainable supply chains in the offshore energy sector to support a just transition.
Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE
MARTYN GRAY asks TUC congress to endorse measures that would help stop the present exploitation of seafarers
