RMT ferry ballot against privatisation
Channel: UnionNewsChannel
Date: 21/08/2012

UnionNews reports from Wemyss Bay on the Firth of Clyde as the RMT union launches a ballot among 500 seafarers working on state-owned Caledonian MacBrayne ferry services which are at risk of privatisastion by the SNP government. RMT is seeking assurances that jobs, pensions and staffing levels will not be cut if the services are sold off to a private company.