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RMT condemns another annual fall in UK Ratings numbers
The number of UK resident Ratings working in the UK shipping industry fell three per cent to below 9,900 while the total number of Ratings increased by 7.2 per cent to 134,250. As a result, only seven per cent of UK resident Ratings...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, UK seafarers,
UK Ratings’ jobs down to 8%, new shipping industry stats show
New official figures show there has been a 38% annual increase in the total number of Ratings jobs in the UK shipping industry, to over 125,000.
However, only 8% are UK Ratings and only 11% of all seafarers are UK residents.
This...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Mick Lynch, UK Ratings, Maritime, Seafarers
Mick Lynch message
Mick Lynch message to members 260722
Region: National
Tagged with: Britain's specialist transport union, rail union, trade union, UK
P&O ferry crews replaced by seafarers on 2.38 dollars
Commenting on the revelation RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said,
“The news that the seafarers now on ships in British ports are to be paid 2.38 dollars an hour is a shocking exploitation of those Seafarers and another gut-wrenching betrayal of...
Region: National
Tagged with: P&O Ferries, Seafarers, Sackings, UK Seafarers
Future of P&O
Responding to reports about the future of P&O and speculation that hundreds of UK seafarers employed by the company could be replaced by foreign labour RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said, “We are deeply disturbed by growing speculation that the...
Region: National
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