user: Article: Both 48-hour and 24-hour strikes were held on seven Shell-operated platforms.
A "mutually agreeable proposal" was drawn up between unions and the Wood Group earlier this month. A ballot of RMT and Unite union members closes on Thursday afternoon.
The initial 24-hour strike in July was the first industrial action of its kind in the North Sea in nearly 30 years.
The platforms involved were the Curlew, Brent Alpha, Brent Bravo, Brent Charlie, Nelson, Gannet and Shearwater.
Aberdeen-based Wood Group provides maintenance and construction to Shell and signed a three-year extension to its contract earlier this year.
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Summarize: A ballot of offshore workers on a new proposal aimed at ending a dispute over pay and conditions is due to close.


Article: Last week, the former committee chair Daithí McKay resigned as an MLA.
It follows claims that he and another Sinn Féin member "coached" loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson as a witness to an inquiry.
Ms Long said Máirtín Ó Muilleoir should also step aside.
He was a Sinn Féin member of the committee during the hearings.
The National Assets Management Agency (Nama) is the Republic of Ireland's "bad bank", set up to deal with toxic loans after the 2008 property crash.
It sold its Northern Ireland loans portfolio to a US investment firm for £1.2bn in 2014. The Northern Ireland Assembly's finance committee is investigating that sale.
Speaking on BBC Northern Ireland's Good Morning Ulster on Monday, Ms Long said: "I would agree with (Ulster Unionist leader) Mike Nesbitt's call that the finance minister should step aside given that, in his position, we need to be very clear who else on the committee was aware of that back channel," she said.
She also called for an "independent investigation" around a twitter feed and who was involved in that.
The allegations that loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson was "coached" followed leaked Twitter messages between Mr Bryson, Mr McKay and Sinn Féin member Thomas O'Hara.
They exchanged messages before Mr Bryson testified to a Stormont inquiry, chaired by Mr McKay, into the National Asset Management Agency (Nama).
Mr McKay said he accepted this was "inappropriate, ill-advised and wrong".
The outgoing MLA for North Antrim also apologised for his actions.
Speaking last week, Mr Bryson told the BBC that allegations he had been coached by Sinn Féin before giving evidence were "absolute nonsense".
"I can categorically state that the source of my information did not come from Sinn Féin," the blogger said.
He also denied leaking the information to the media.
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Summarize: Alliance deputy leader Naomi Long has called for the finance minister to step aside during an investigation into how Stormont's finance committee chair handled its Nama inquiry.


Article: The fishermen at Cove told last year how the landowner wanted the boats removed as he looked to improve the area where they were moored.
However, they have continued to operate.
A legal letter has now been received, giving them a deadline to remove the boats or face court proceedings.
Boat owner Jim Adam told BBC Scotland: "Many people use the facility.
"I find it incredible we have not heard in a year-and-a-half and then we get a letter, which is ridiculous.
"There's no intention to remove anything - we need to stand up for our rights."
Landowner Pralhad Kolhe declined to comment.
A letter from law firm Stronachs on his behalf, dated 26 August, gave a 14-day deadline before court proceedings would commence.
It stated the boat owners had "no right" to store their boats or equipment on Mr Kolhe's property.
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Summarize: The future of a small Aberdeen harbour is once again under threat, with fishermen facing court action unless they remove their boats.


Article: Mr Berruyer, 59, currently in charge of Sage's operations in mainland Europe and Asia, will take over on 1 October.
Sage specialises in accountancy software, and the FTSE 100 company has a reputation as one of the technology sector's best performers.
Mr Walker, chief executive since 1994, is due to leave Sage on 1 December.
"Guy has led the successful growth of our business in Europe and, more recently, in Asia," Sage's chairman Anthony Hobson said.
"He has a strong track record of profit growth, both organically and through the successful acquisition and integration of companies."
There were several other internal candidates to replace Mr Walker, and investors will be concerned that Sage could now see departures.
But Panmure Gordon analyst George O'Connor said that Mr Berruyer is "steeped in Sage" and was always in "pole position".
Sage reported a 4% fall in 2009 revenues and a 6% decline in operating profit, leading some analysts to feel that an outsider was needed to inject fresh life into the business dominated for years by Mr Walker.
"Nice, smooth transition. But is this what Sage really needs?" wrote Anthony Miller of technology research firm TechMarketView. "Surely what Sage needs now is a highly disruptive transition!"
Mr Berruyer, a French national, trained as an engineer and joined Sage in 1997. He was appointed to the board in January 2000.
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assistant: Sage, one of the UK's largest software businesses, has appointed Guy Berruyer to succeed long-time chief executive Paul Walker.