Ships of shame

The UK seafarers Union RMT is keeping up the pressure on Seatruck over there failure to pay the minimum wage to overseas seamen emplyed on vessels serving ports in the north of Scotland. RMT have labelled the Seatruck vessels ships of shame and a big demonstration was staged by the Union

The UK seafarers Union RMT is keeping up the pressure on Seatruck over there failure to pay the minimum wage to overseas seamen emplyed on vessels serving ports in the north of Scotland.

RMT have labelled the Seatruck vessels ships of shame and a big demonstration was staged by the Union in Aberdeen on Friday (link):

http://www.thenational.scot/?/protest-over-northern-isles-f?

Jake Molloy, of the RMT in Aberdeen and vice chair of the offshore co-ordinating group of trade unions, said that as recently as last year, workers were being paid as little as