Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) seafarers will take strike action tomorrow over pay in their long running dispute. Coinciding with Merchant Navy Day, the strike will be the fifth stoppage in…
RFA on strike over pay RMT members within Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) are intensifying their pay dispute today with strike action across British and international waters. This is the third…
RMT has called for Crown Estate profits to be used to secure decent contracts, pay and working conditions for offshore workers. In its annual report, Crown Estate profits have…
RMT, Nautilus and the TUC will hold a joint rally on Wednesday 20 March at Old Palace Yard opposite Parliament SW1P 3JY at 1-2pm demanding a new deal for workers…
Offshore workers union, RMT has respond to Scottish Government’s First Minister Humza Yousaf’s commitment to inject £500 million to “anchor” a new offshore wind farm supply chain as the north-east…
CalMac Ferries union RMT today welcomed the result of a public poll on the naming of one of the two delayed vessels on order from Ferguson Marine. Hull 802, originally…
Mick Lynch, RMT General Secretary said: “P&O Ferries said they unlawfully sacked nearly 800 seafarers to protect jobs elsewhere in their UK operation. “This latest attack on maritime jobs and…
Mick Lynch will call for a meeting with Fiona Hyslop MSP to obtain assurances that Clyde and Hebrides ferry services will remain in the public sector and that CalMac jobs…
An RMT spokesperson said: “We are aware of a major incident onboard the MV Pentalina which has run aground, taking on water with a fire in the engine room. “RNLI…
Maritime union, RMT has tonight responded to the prospect of 60 workers at P&O Ferries losing their jobs. The news comes just over a year after the disgraced company unlawfully…
Thousands of seafarers will miss out on NMW increase Maritime union RMT, has lambasted the government ahead of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) increase, pointing out thousands of seafarers will…
Maritime union RMT, has called on the government to provide a new deal for seafarers after the latest statistics showed a big employment drop in the industry. According to the latest…
Maritime union, RMT has written to the Transport Secretary demanding that the government beef up its Seafarers Wages Bill with greater protections for crews on ships. The Seafarers Wages Bill,…
SEAFARERS Union RMT today called for meaningful action against P&O Ferries after the government’s Seafarers Wages Bill began its journey through the Houses of Parliament yesterday. The government drew up…
RATINGS UNION RMT has slammed the decision by the Insolvency Service not to press criminal charges against P&O Ferries after it fired nearly 800 employees in March and replaced them…
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…