Problems in the waggon train.
The waggon masters want more money,
Seafarers serving in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have begun strike action after overwhelmingly rejecting the latest pay offer from their employer, the UK Defence Journal understands.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
RMT is currently one of Britain's most militant unions.
They are adamant that the trains that run in Vancouver with no crew need both a driver and conductor whe in London.
The also got a hefty plus-up the week that Labour took power, contributing massively to the black hole that prevents Britain investing in Defence and paying the RFA better,
And here's the boss
"The
leader of a major railway union posed with a communist flag and was pictured alongside people singing
pro-Russia chants on a visit to occupied
Ukraine, it has emerged.
"The general secretary of the
National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), Eddie Dempsey, travelled to the
Donbas region of Ukraine in 2015, one year after it had been invaded by Russia."
RMT spokesperson insists that Eddie Dempsey has ‘at no time supported Russia’s invasion of Ukraine’
www.independent.co.uk
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Starmer is in deep trouble with the Unions
Declining Union membership has made it easier for radicals generally, usually on the left, to gain positions of power. The central committees then control the funds to the Labour party and so when they take positions on international policy the Party has to listen.
One union turned hard left on the basis of a leadership vote of only 7% of its membership.
Add in his troubles with the county council elections in May and the striking Junior Doctors at the NHS and his historically low popularity ratings ..... Britain is hamstrung.
