Unite members at the Birkenhead shipyard Cammell Laird have agreed to suspend industrial action after the shipbuilder agreed to a four week pause to plans to make 291 people redundant, it was…Read more…
‘Tremendous support’
One’s of Liverpool’s most popular indie bands will hold a free gig to raise to raise money for striking Cammell Laird ship workers. The Tea Street Band have added an extra date to their…Read more…
Cammell Laird strike extended
Unite accused Cammell Laird bosses of deliberately seeking confrontation today (Friday November 30) after they refused the union’s offer to suspend industrial action in return for a pause to plans to…Read more…
Solidarity for shipyard workers
Donations and messages of support have poured in for Cammell Laird shipyard workers who began 10 weeks of strike action today (November 23).
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Save our shipyards call
Anger over the news that Babcock plans to shut the shipyard at Appledore is still raw following the recent announcement, but it is underscored by the determination of the workers and the Devon…Read more…
‘Turning the tide’
Unite members at Cammell Laird have overwhelmingly voted to take strike action over plans by bosses to slash the workforce by 40 per cent, raising the prospect of industrial action hitting operations…Read more…
Save shipyard plea
Devon shipbuilding workers travelled to Parliament today (October 30) to hand in an 8,000-signature petition calling on the government to step up and save the embattled Appledore Shipyard. …Read more…
‘Save this historic shipyard’
A petition signed by more than 8,000 people calling on the government to secure future shipbuilding work at the threatened Appledore shipyard will be handed in at the House of Commons tomorrow…Read more…
‘Slap in the face’
Unite members at Cammell Laird will be balloted for industrial action over the bosses’ plans to slash the workforce by 40 per cent – despite having work for the next decade on the order books. …Read more…
Save Appledore shipyard
As Unite and GMB members ready themselves for a rally on Saturday (October 23) to save Appledore shipyard in Devon, a damning new investigation reveals what’s at stake if Babcock International…Read more…
Unanimous vote
Unite members at Cammell Laird gave their unanimous backing to hold a ballot for industrial action today (October 15) over bosses’ plans to slash approximately 40 per cent of the Birkenhead…Read more…
‘Blow to UK shipbuilding’
Ship workers’ union, Unite, called on Cammell Laird bosses to come clean on the business case for slashing over 290 jobs at the firm’s Birkenhead shipyard today (October 11), and demanded that the…Read more…
‘In tatters’
The Ministry of Defence’s decision to freeze a competition to build the new Type 31e frigates despite detailed submissions from consortiums of UK shipyards that are backed by both Babcock and BAE…Read more…
‘Back UK defence workers’ call
Defence workers from the across the UK will be heading to parliament tomorrow (July 10) to call on MPs to back their campaign for the navy’s three new Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships to be built in…Read more…
Safeguard shipbuilding call
Unite called on the government to safeguard UK shipbuilding jobs for generations to come by guaranteeing that the navy’s three new Fleet Solid Support ships will be built in UK shipyards. The…Read more…
‘Gross betrayal’
Unite, the UK’s largest union representing defence and shipbuilding workers, backed today’s (May 11) demand by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn for the three new Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels to be built…Read more…
‘Landmark day’
Today’s (September 8) naming ceremony of the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier, Prince of Wales, is a landmark in the history of UK shipbuilding that risks being the last unless the government widens…Read more…
Undermining workers’ rights
Members of Unite at the Faslane and Coulport naval bases on the Clyde are to vote on industrial action, accusing their employer of attacking worker rights. Unite says that Babcock Marine is…Read more…
Recognise our value
Shipbuilders on the Clyde breathed a sigh of relief when the UK government announced last month that work on the Type-26 frigate programme would begin in earnest next summer, after the project had…Read more…
Welcome announcement
Caving in to pressure from all sides, including lobbying and campaigning from Unite, the UK government has finally announced today (November 4) that work on the long-awaited Type-26 frigates would…Read more…