Workers to strike at Whiddy Island oil terminal

Site provides over 1.4m cubic metres of storage of crude oil, petrol, diesel and kerosene.

There are 31 permanent employees at the terminal and the company is implementing five redundancies as part of the restructuring process. Picture: Andy Gibson

Members of Siptu, Ireland’s largest trade union, have notified Zenith Energy Bantry Bay Terminals that they will take strike action next month.

The strike, which is set to take place on December 13 at the facility on Whiddy Island in Cork, is over a dispute concerning compulsory redundancies at the energy company.