August 9 2010 MARITIME UNION RMT today pledged to mobilise a national political and public fight against any plans to privatise the Royal navy’s supplies lifeline – the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) – as a consequence of the ConDem Government’s cuts-driven spending review this autumn.
July 26 2010 TRANSPORT UNION RMT announced today that members working at Harwich International Port will begin a campaign of discontinuous industrial action starting on Thursday of this week in a dispute over pay and conditions of service.
June 9 2010 FOLLOWING THE publication today of the findings of the review into the practice of allowing shipping companies to pay lower wages to seafarers recruited from overseas, shipping union RMT today called on the Government to seize the opportunity to outlaw the practice of wage discrimination which has led to widespread “social dumping” across the industry.
May 11 2010 THE BIENNIAL CONFERENCE of the docks and shipping grades of RMT convenes in Belfast tomorrow (Weds 12th May) and will be discussing a range of issues impacting on the workforce and the industry and will be sending out a clear message to the new Government whatever shape it takes ? protect and expand the UK maritime industry.
December 8 2009 MARITIME UNION RMT today pledged to mobilise a national political and public fight against any plans to privatise the Royal navy’s supplies lifeline – the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) – as a consequence of a reported £200 million cuts demand that the Treasury have imposed on the Ministry of Defence.
November 30 2009 MARITIME UNION RMT today turned up the heat on the government over a loophole that allows ferry operators between UK ports to ignore minimum wage legislation and pay non-UK seafarers as little as £2 an hour.
November 9 2009 MARTIME UNION RMT today pledged an all out fight to block plans to privatise the Royal Fleet Auxiliary – the navy’s lifeline delivering fuel, food stores and ammunition – after it emerged today that pressure from Treasury officials had forced the Ministry of Defence to consider handing the RFA over to private companies, putting thousands of jobs at risk.
October 29 2009 Maritime union RMT today welcomed a European Commission decision which has deemed the public financing of ferry services in Scotland to be lawful.
October 7 2009 OFFSHORE ENERGY union RMT today slammed the major subsea engineering and construction company Subsea 7 for engaging in a “race to the bottom” on pay and conditions through the hiring of cheap, overseas labour which has put jobs and conditions in the North Sea field under threat.
September 24 2009 MARITIME UNION RMT today called on the Scottish Parliament to end speculation that some of the routes served by Caledonian MacBrayne Ferries out of the Clyde and into the Western Isles of Scotland are under threat.
June 30 2009 From its annual conference on the Isle of Man, maritime union RMT today welcomed a new Parliamentary challenge to end poverty pay on ships of shame who are paying seafarers as little as £1.50 an hour.
