RFA PROTEST AT LABOUR CONFERENCE

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: november/december 2024 :: RMTnews 6 R MT seafarers working for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary took the campaign against low pay to Labour Party conference ahead of three days of further strike action in the long running dispute over pay which has also involved RFA officers’ union Nautilus. RMT members have taken multiple strike days since the dispute began under the previous Tory government. The union has since had cordial meetings with the Ministry of Defence, but no improved offer has been forthcoming.  RMT general secretary Mick Lynch told protesters that the pay demands by RFA ratings and officers must be heard. “It is clear that these workers need to be given a pay rise that recognises the important and often hazardous work they do all over the world. "We will continue to campaign for a decent pay rise so we can bring this dispute to a conclusion,"he said. RMT FRINGE RMT hosted a packed fringe meeting, ‘Can Labour deliver on Public Transport?’, attended by Labour delegates, Labour MPs and RMT members who ensured a fantastic display of RMT banners, as well as other trade unions and community groups. The meeting, chaired by local Labour MP and RMT parliamentary group member Kim Johnson, welcomed the quick progress Labour was making to bring rail back into RFA PROTEST AT LABOUR CONFERENCE RMT member Freddie Seale PROTEST: RMT members and Labour MPs unite to demand pay justice at the Labour conference in Liverpool