NEW YORK — Oil prices wavered today as the nation’s employment picture darkened and consumers pulled back on spending. Benchmark crude for June delivery ticked up 15 cents to settle at $51.12 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In London, Brent prices rose 2 cents to settle at $50.80 a barrel on the [...]

  Global union federations ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and ICEM (International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Unions) today cemented a working relationship to tackle conditions in the North Sea oil and gas fields.  Representative of offshore workers’ trade unions in Denmark, France, The Netherlands, Norway, Russia and the UK meeting in [...]