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GMB Scotland warned David Cameron yesterday that the Royal Navy’s new flagship supercarriers can “rust at Rosyth” if any compulsory redundancies are made over the delayed contract for new naval frigates.
The union has mooted the idea that shipyard workers could hold the two supercarriers hostage in port to halt any forced job losses at the BAE yard on the Clyde.
GMB Scotland officer Gary Cook said that the joint unions at Rosyth, Govan and Scotstoun were prepared to do “whatever it takes” to defend jobs.
From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE
As bus builder Alexander Dennis threatens Falkirk closure and Grangemouth faces ruthless shutdown by tax exile Jim Ratcliffe, RICHARD LEONARD MSP warns that global corporations must be resisted by a bold industrial strategy based on public ownership