英国联合工会周二表示，受雇于能源公司阿帕奇的约170名海上工人将在一场关于就业、薪酬和工作条件的纠纷中升级罢工行动。
Britain's Unite union said on Tuesday that about 170 offshore workers employed by energy company Apache would escalate strike action in a dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.
工会称，一场24小时罢工定于11月4日上午6点（格林威治标准时间0600）开始，于11月5日上午5点59分结束。
A 24-hour strike is scheduled to begin at 6 a.m. (0600 GMT) on November 4 and end at 5.59 a.m. on November 5, the union said.
联合工会还宣布将在阿帕奇运营的海上资产上采取进一步罢工行动。
Unite also announced further strike action across Apache-operated offshore assets.
福蒂斯阿尔法、福蒂斯布拉沃、福蒂斯德尔塔和贝里尔布拉沃平台的工人定于11月13日至14日罢工，而福蒂斯查理、福蒂斯埃科和贝里尔阿尔法平台的工人则定于11月15日至16日罢工。
Workers on the Forties Alpha, Forties Bravo, Forties Delta and Beryl Bravo platforms are due to strike from November 13 to November 14, while workers on the Forties Charlie, Forties Echo and Beryl Alpha platforms are set to strike from November 15 until November 16.
工会在一份新闻稿中说：“工会已对阿帕奇关于海上工人薪酬和工作条件的若干误导性说法提出质疑。联合工会代表阿帕奇的许多工人，他们的收入显著低于其岗位的行业平均水平。”阿帕奇未立即回复置评请求。
"The union has challenged several misleading claims from Apache in relation to the pay and working conditions of the offshore workers. Unite represents many workers at Apache who earn significantly below the industry average for their job roles," the union said in a press release. Apache did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
工会称，10月下旬的一次停工已使纠纷涉及的所有七个海上资产陷入停顿。
The union said a previous stoppage in late October brought all seven offshore assets involved in the dispute to a standstill.
联合工会10月曾警告，查理平台的中断可能影响福蒂斯管道系统（FPS），该系统输送来自北海80多个油气田的原油，处理英国约29%的石油和30%的天然气供应。
Unite in October warned that disruption at the Charlie platform could affect the Forties Pipeline System (FPS), which transports crude from more than 80 North Sea oil and gas fields and handles around 29% of Britain's oil and 30% of its gas supplies.
FPS之所以重要，是因为它输送的部分原油构成了北海实物石油贸易定价基准的组成部分。
The FPS is significant because it carries some of the oil that makes up the pricing benchmark for the physical North Sea oil trade.
阿帕奇10月初曾告诉路透社，任何罢工行动都不会阻止其他公司使用FPS。
Apache told Reuters in early October that any strike action would not prevent other companies from using the FPS.