Union issues rallying call to save Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Union leaders have warned the government that they will fight moves to privatise the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Members of the maritime union RMT fired the broadside ahead of tomorrow's pre budget report, which is expected to demand 200m of cuts from the Ministry of Defence budget.
The report is expected to announce plans that could threaten thousands of RFA jobs by moving them to the private sector.
Briefings to staff over the past four weeks have confirmed that treasury demands for a 10 per cent cut in the MoD budget have forced the department to look at the shake-up.
Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary, said: 'The government should be under no illusions.
'RMT will mobilise a political and public campaign on a massive scale to fight off any moves to privatise the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
'There is no doubt there will be angry backlash against any attempt to compromise national security by embarking on a cash-led sell off of this essential lifeline to our naval crews all around the globe.'
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