Pay unsung heroes of the volunteer coastguard, union demands

Updated: May 17, 2021, 6:50 pm
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A union has warned it is prepared to take legal action on behalf of thousands of volunteer coastguards unless they become paid employees of the UK government.
GMB Scotland said more than 2,800 rescue workers across the UK were “denied even the most basic rights of respect and recognition” by their employer, Her Majesty’s Coastguard, which is part of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (
MCA).
Prepared for legal action
The union is demanding that their status as workers is “properly recognised and the work they do is properly valued and recognised”. The organisation argued that it is  “prepared to litigate to obtain justice for these brave men and women.

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