The Offshore Alliance’s latest outburst on Facebook is as self-serving as it is hypocritical. While loudly condemning others for so-called “sell-out” deals, they conveniently ignore their own signature on the Pluto 2 Greenfields Agreement—a deal that many workers have criticised for locking in substandard rates and as we’ve pointed out in the Pluto Train 2 Timeline- The History story, it’s not a case of unions selling out workers, but a case of securing the best deal possible at the time—in the aftermath of COVID. It’s also pointed out in the Offshore Alliance’s History Undermines Its Own Criticism of Past Agreements story that the Offshore Alliance was active since 2014.
The only thing less watertight than the Alliance’s office, is their version of events.
Let’s not forget: the Offshore Alliance was not a bystander in Bechtel Pluto Train 2. They were a signatory. If they genuinely believed in defending construction rates, they had every opportunity to walk away—but they didn’t. They helped bake the very “shit sandwich” they’re now trying to pin on others.
Even more disingenuous is their attempt to smear critics by claiming a “fake” website is the work of a union organiser, supposedly traced via an IP address. This kind of technical witch-hunting is both juvenile and misleading. The fact that the IP address points to a Digital Ocean data centre says nothing about the identity of the website creator. Digital Ocean is a widely-used cloud hosting provider. Thousands of individuals and organisations—activists, journalists, startups, and possibly even unions—use it to host content. Trying to discredit dissenting voices based on shared hosting infrastructure is as flimsy as the Alliance’s own defence of their record on Pluto 2.
What we’re seeing is a deflection campaign: a calculated effort to shift attention from the Offshore Alliance’s own industrial compromises by launching personal attacks and conspiracy theories. If their post-Pluto 2 remorse is sincere, it should be accompanied by an honest reckoning—not this self-righteous grandstanding.
The reality is simple: if the Offshore Alliance wants to rebuild trust, they need to acknowledge their role in the Bechtel Pluto Train 2 agreement, not just scream at clouds. Fighting for workers means more than slogans—it means consistency, transparency, and the courage to admit when you’ve given it your best shot but fallen short of where you wanted to land.
