Maritime union, RMT has criticised the government amid the National Minimum Wage (NMW) increase, pointing out that thousands of seafarers will not be eligible for the rise. On 1 April 2023, the national minimum wage rose by 9.7 per cent from £9.50 to £10.42 for all over 23-year-olds. However, despite the Seafarers Wages Act being […]
Maritime union RMT has written to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), after it was reported that a lifeboat had fallen off the new P&O vessel P&O Pioneer using low-paid agency crew. RMT says all crew working on P&O Ferries are low-paid agency crew, predominantly recruited overseas by Maltese crewing agent IFM. IFM was set […]