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Sir,

 

The impending threat to the ferry services, jobs and the wider economy of the Western Isles as the Scottish Government prepares to re-tender Clyde and Hebrides Ferry services, this is a matter that should rightly alarm us all.

Unite members and the Western Isles communities have suffered in the past as a result of Conservative legislation Compulsory Completive Tendering (CCT), most notable being when the Comhairle lost the school meals services to an outside contractor. Many will remember that employee numbers practically halved in a short space of time, also when this private company delivered cocktail sausages rolls and not much else to the canteens of our Islands as a lunch for the children.

The island membership of Unite the Union supports the call from Labour candidate Alisdair Morrison for a united approach to defending the integrity of this most vital of public services, effort to oppose this reckless act of political vandalism requires effort and unity.

 

Letter:  Ferry threat

23  February 2015

Unite urge both the Western Isles MSP and MP to support Mr Morrison and his legitimate efforts on behalf of our islands, and state their opposition to the privatization of Cal-Mac routes.

As Unite membership is spread across all political parties Unite hope the MSP and the MP will have a change of heart and join Alsdair Morrison campaign, and Unite also hope the Comhairle will join the effort to retain Caledonian Macbrayne in public ownership.

Calum Mackay
Branch Secretary

Unite the Union

10 Cearn Shulaisgeir

Stornoway