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TRANSPORT union RMT called for a Leave vote in the forthcoming EU referendum yesterday, to save Caledonian ferry services from privatisation.
RMT general secretary Mick Cash is due to formally announce the call today at a meeting at the Scottish TUC, which is beginning its annual congress.
Clyde and Hebrides Ferry services, which are currently operated in the public sector by Caledonian MacBrayne, are being put out to tender under EU regulations with Serco bidding to take over the service.
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
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