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Members of the RMT union, protest at the former ferry port in Ramsgate, Kent, calling for new post Brexit ferry services to be crewed by UK ratings, January 22
MARITIME workers demanded answers from the government today after it was alleged that it had behaved “illegally” in rushing through contracts for Brexit ferry services.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said that “reasons of extreme urgency” meant that Seaborne Freight gained the £13.8 million contract for the services, which are a part of contingency plans for a no-deal Brexit.
However, Labour MP and House of Commons transport select committee chairwoman Lilian Greenwood has raised concerns about why Mr Grayling rushed through the contracting.
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
