Merchant Seafarer Union RMT today remembered the seven Royal Fleet Auxiliary crew who lost their lives in the attacks on the Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram on 8 June 1982…
RMT slams DP World chief for praising P&O sackings as an ‘amazing’ job MARITIME union RMT has called for P&O Ferries’ owner to been taken to task for describing the…
Maritime union RMT is to commence balloting all members at Orsted Walney Operations for industrial action over the victimisation of a member simply for raising questions over serious health and…
Grant Shapps is allowing rail dispute to continue for “political and ideological purposes,” says Scottish government Scottish Minister for Transport Jenny Gilruth accuses Mr Shapps and the Westminster government of…
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “The reports of the European Causeway drifting in water off Larne having lost all power are deeply concerning, not least for the agency crew…
Maritime union RMT will be joining protesters outside the Dubai owned company HQ on Thursday 21 April at 5pm. Organised by the International Transport Federation in London outside the offices…
Unions demand change to end fire and rehire Joint press release from ITF, ETF, Nautilus and RMT Last night, ITF, ETF, Nautilus International and RMT projected a video on to the cliffs…
Mick Lynch – RMT General Secretary said: “Despite all the bluster, Grant Shapps has failed to grasp the opportunity to adequately stand up to the banditry behaviour of P&O. “The…
RMT tonight welcomed the MCA detention of another P&O vessel the Pride of Kent in Dover for what the union believes are multiple safety and operational breaches, including the wearing…
RMT calls for Government to issue immediate injunction to prevent PO ships from sailing and to ensure reinstatement of sacked workers as MPs are told of widespread law breaking. RMT…
Maritime Union RMT tonight slammed what it described as a “disgusting statement” from P&O Ferries trying to justify one of the most shameful acts by any employer in recent history Sacked…
P&O owners DB World refuse to meet delegation of union leaders over jobs carve up Unions accused P&O of treating their members with complete contempt after their owners, DB World,…
New crew on P&O ships will be paid at rates well below minimum wage says RMT In another shocking twist to the national P&O scandal transport union RMT has said…
FERRIES’ Union RMT today issued a statement on the 35th anniversary of the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster which took the lives of 193 crew and passengers in waters off…
RMT calls for meeting with the First Minister over ferry privatisation plans CALMAC Union RMT today called for a meeting with Ministers in response to weekend press reports that the…
Ben Nevis collision highlights hidden safety threat Commenting on the news that the Ben Nevis offshore supply vessel had collided with a Valaris drilling installation, Mick Lynch, RMT General Secretary…
Pacific Nuclear Transport Fleet pay freeze SEAFARERS’ UNION RMT today called on the Government to reverse a pay freeze imposed on seafarers working on the Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (PNTL)…
MV Swanland tenth anniversary On the tenth anniversary of the MV Swanland tragedy RMT calls for stronger seafarer safety standards RMT General Secretary, Mick Lynch SEAFARERS’ UNION RMT today paid…
Boris Johnson’s bluster on Tories supporting UK employment and wage growth blown away by massive decline in UK seafarers and the growth of poverty wages as RMT calls for summit…