2 September 2024
RMT Press Office:
Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) seafarers will take strike action tomorrow over pay in their long running dispute.
Here are the picket line details:
1. PORTLAND: Steward National Secretary Darren Procter and ship’s Reps and Members from the Tides and Stirling Castle. Meet at grassed land near the Roundabout and Ship Inn Pub in between Lerret Road and Portland Beach Road, DT5 1AL between 0800 – 1530HRS.
2. BIRKENHEAD: Cammell Laird Ship Repair Birkenhead: Campbelltown Rd, CH41 9BP, 0800-1200Hrs then 1300- 1530Hrs, a picket line will be at Ships Gangways held by a maximum of two members on a rota basis, remainder of members to attend the Demonstration at the old Drinking Fountain opposite Cammell Laird
3. PORTSMOUTH: Whale Island way/Wharf Road on the Grassed land near Lok n Store warehouse & Voi Elec Scooter Park up, Portsmouth PO2 8EW – between 0730 – 1615hrs.
All OTHER - World Wide RFA Vessels that are Safely in a Port or on a Buoy, 0800-1530HRS (Local Time).
All members on Leave or local are strongly encouraged to join pickets with family and friends, to get the message out to the wider public.