Daily Mirror (UK): GROTESQUE: Union blasts Shell’s £372 a second profit
“SHELL sparked outrage yesterday by revealing profits of £372 a second.”: “Union Amicus called the profit “grotesque” and accused Shell of putting cash before staff safety. The company was fined £900,000 in April for health and safety lapses over the deaths of two Scottish workers in 2003. Keith Moncrieff, 45, and Sean McCue, 22, were overcome by gas on the Brent Bravo platform.”
Friday 29 July 2005
SHELL sparked outrage yesterday by revealing profits of £372 a second.
The oil giant made £5.85 billion in the first half of the year – up 27 per cent on the same period in 2004.
The firm’s profit is just below the near £6billion – or £422 a second -reported this week by rival BP.
Union Amicus called the profit “grotesque” and accused Shell of putting cash before staff safety. The company was fined £900,000 in April for health and safety lapses over the deaths of two Scottish workers in 2003. Keith Moncrieff, 45, and Sean McCue, 22, were overcome by gas on the Brent Bravo platform. read more
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