RMT Union

British trade union plans rail strike in UK

United Kingdom’s National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT Union) has announced plans for strike actions on 27 July, 18 August and 20 August, which are expected to disrupt UK’s rail network.

According to the local media, around 40,000 RMT members, including Network Rail signallers and train crew, will participate in the strike in the row over jobs, pay and working conditions.

RMT Union’s general secretary, Mick Lynch, pointed out, “The rail industry and the government need to...

https://container-news.com/british-trade-union-plans-rail-strike-in-uk/

DP World protest against P&O sackings

RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch

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 of DP World, 16 Palace Street London SW1E 5JQ, RMT activists will be keeping up their “Fair Ferries campaign” and calling for the re-instatement of all 800 sacked seafarers.

ITF inspectors who were scheduled to investigate welfare issues at the Port of Dover earlier this week...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/20/dp-world-protest-against-po-sackings/

Unions demand change to end fire and rehire

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 of Dover and images on to the headquarters of P&O Ferries, demanding that the company be brought to task for its immoral and illegal actions.

This action comes after P&O Ferries sacked 800 seafarers two weeks ago. One Zoom call, 30 minutes notice, and 800 lives, 800 families, 800 homes, communities have been changed...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/01/unions-demand-change-to-end-fire-and-rehire/

RMT respond to Shapps P&O statement

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 Prime Minister repeatedly said to parliament that the Government would be taking legal action save British seafarers’ jobs but he has failed to keep his word. 

“This continued lack of action and courage has meant a ferry company owned by the Dubai royal family has been able to break our laws and disrupt our ports and ruin...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/30/rmt-respond-to-shapps-po-statement/

RMT on detention by MCA of Pride of kent tonight

Mick Lynch

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 of breathing apparatus, and demanded again that the Government seize the entire fleet and take action to get them back in service with the sacked crew reinstated.

‎General Secretary Mick Lynch said;

“The seizing of the Pride of Kent by the MCA this evening should be adequate evidence for the Government...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/28/rmt-on-detention-by-mca-of-pride-of-kent-tonight/

RMT response to P&O CEO comments

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 general secretary Mick Lynch said:

“In light of evidence given today by lawyers to MPs, that there have been multiple breaches of the law and the admission of the P&O Chief Executive Peter Hebblethwaite, that the company not only broke the law but would do it again, we are calling for the government to issue a...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/24/rmt-response-to-po-ceo-comments/

RMT exposes the bullying truth behind P&O “staff package”

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 seafarers have been basically told that if they don’t sign up to be gagged by a non-disclosure agreements you not only lose your job you lose money as well. This is from an organisation which has received millions from the taxpayer to support furlough payments and whose parent company DP world paid out vast sums...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/22/rmt-exposes-the-bullying-truth-behind-po-staff-package/

DB World refuse to meet delegation

RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch

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, refused to meet ‎the general secretaries of RMT, Nautilus and the TUC who were attending a protest at their headquarters this lunchtime.

RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said;

“This company are quite happy to sack our members by Zoom but they are not prepared to meet us face to face. That...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/21/db-world-refuse-to-meet-delegation/

New crew on P&O ships

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 that in the future replacement crew on P&O ships will be paid poverty wages below the National Minimum Wage.

The union have supported their claim by pointing to the example of the two P&O ships on the Liverpool-Dublin route which have been crewed with Filipino Ratings who were on contracts which paid a basic rate of $3.47 per hour.

Shipping...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/20/new-crew-on-po-ships/

35th anniversary of the Herald of Free Enterprise

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 Zeebrugge on 6th March 1987

RMT General Secretary, Mick Lynch

RMT General Secretary, Mick Lynch said: 

“We pay tribute to the memory of the crew and passengers who died in the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster and extend our condolences to the community in Dover who were so badly affected by this avoidable tragedy. 

“This...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/06/35th-anniversary-of-the-herald-of-free-enterprise/

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