rmt-seafarers-union
The RMT maritime and transport union is helping to mark a seminal event in British trade unionism that took place in Sunderland 200 years ago.
Five striking seafarers were shot dead by soldiers during an industrial dispute in the North Sands Massacre
The killings took place on 3 August 1825 during action organised by the Seamen’s Loyal Standard Association, one of the first attempts to form a trade union among British seafarers.
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The RMT seafarers' union held protests in Portsmouth – as part of a worldwide series of actions by the trade union movement - over pay and conditions for workers at Channel Islands shipping firm Condor Ferries on 12 October. It claimed that the company was exploiting overseas workers. However, in ...
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