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Scottish transport minister Humza Yousaf
THREE vessels used for ferry services to Orkney and Shetland will be brought into public ownership – but transport union RMT wants the whole operation to be state-run.
SNP transport minister Humza Yousaf granted outsourcing giant Serco an 18-month extension on its contract to run Northlink Ferries.
He said this would "allow further progress to be made with the ongoing review of procurement policy for future ferry operating contracts."
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
As bus builder Alexander Dennis threatens Falkirk closure and Grangemouth faces ruthless shutdown by tax exile Jim Ratcliffe, RICHARD LEONARD MSP warns that global corporations must be resisted by a bold industrial strategy based on public ownership
