Article

2026-04-11 Britain

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Clem+Elmish4239 2026-04-11 07:10|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1798 views ] Top

1 Paywall

Posted by Skidmark 2026-04-11 07:56|| 2026-04-11 07:56|| Front Page Top

2 GB - Royal Navy sailors responsible for tracking Russian warships set to go on strike. Royal Navy sailors who are responsible for tracking Russian warships are set to go on strike next week in a long-running dispute over pay.

Personnel from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the civilian support arm of the Royal Navy, will stage industrial action on Thursday after rejecting a 4.5 per cent pay offer from the Ministry of Defence.

The RMT union, which represents the workers, said its members had seen their wages fall by around 30 per cent in real terms over the past decade.

Civilian sailors work shifts of up to 12 hours a day in some of the most demanding conditions at sea.

Eddie Dempsey, the RMT's general secretary, said the MoD needed to come forward with a serious long-term commitment to improving pay and conditions if it wanted to retain staff.

He said: "Our members play a vital role in supporting the Navy, often in some of the most demanding and dangerous working conditions. But they have faced years of below-par pay and unresolved concerns about conditions."

Mr Dempsey warned that workers would not accept what he described as a substandard offer and were prepared to take further action if necessary, the Telegraph reports.

He also called on the MoD to ensure it was complying with national minimum wage legislation as part of any future settlement.

The timing of the walkout raises questions about Britain's ability to monitor Russian naval activity in the Channel should Vladimir Putin dispatch further vessels through British waters while the strike is ongoing.

As the Royal Navy has shrunk to its smallest size in living memory, the RFA’s role has grown considerably in recent years.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-04-11 09:02|| 2026-04-11 09:02|| Front Page Top

3 Maybe if the government wasn't doling out so many welfare payments to "immigrants"...

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-04-11 12:45|| 2026-04-11 12:45|| Front Page Top

22:51 Lord Garth
22:46 trailing wife
22:34 trailing wife
21:57 DooDahMan
21:56 DooDahMan
21:33 Procopius2k
20:56 Hellfish
20:42 DarthVader
20:09 chris
19:53 Frank G
19:36 Difar Dave
18:53 Clem+Elmish4239
18:48 Frank G
18:27 Beavis
18:27 Besoeker
18:25 Besoeker
18:21 Chantry
18:21 Chantry
18:20 Chantry
18:13 Chantry
18:07 Chantry
18:02 Cretle Fleregum5456
17:58 Cretle Fleregum5456
17:45 Airandee
Merry-Go-Blog