| OILC | |
| Location Country: | United Kingdom |
| Origins: | Piper Alpha disaster |
| Full Name: | Offshore Industry Liaison Committee |
| Founded: | 6 July 1989[1] |
| Dissolved: | April 2008 (merged with RMT) |
| Type: | Trade union |
| Website: | www.oilc.org |
The Offshore Industry Liaison Committee (OILC) was a trade union set up in the United Kingdom in response to the deaths of 167 workers on the Piper Alpha platform on 6 July 1988.[2] The death of another worker on the Ocean Odyssey oil rig on 22 September 1988 and other accidents also played a part in spurring its foundation.[1] The union, still in the form of an unofficial committee drawn from different North Sea rigs, organized large strikes in the summers of 1989 and 1990.[3]
The OILC is now a branch of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), having agreed to merge from April 2008.[4]