Angry CalMac ferry passengers threaten to 'run over staff' with cars following service delays
dailyrecord.co.ukFrustrated ferry passengers have threatened to ram their cars into CalMac staff after sailings were delayed, a trade union chief has warned.
Martyn Gray, of seafarers' union Nautilus International, claimed workers were also retiring early amid increased intimidation - while a fellow union organiser said police had been drafted in on bank holidays.
Labour MSP Monica Lennon said: "This is shocking and shameful. Scotland’s ferry crisis is putting the safety of crews at risk, and the buck stops with the SNP’s transport minister. "Urgent action is needed before someone is seriously hurt.”A Holyrood committee has launched an inquiry into CalMac ferry services, which are sometimes delayed by a range of factors including safety concerns.Gray, executive officer at an international trade union, warned that passenger frustrations were being directed at staff.He said: "Our members and the people that work on those ferries are equally as frustrated with the situation as the passengers and travelling public are, because our members do not want to be having to cause delays to people.
Our members are not causing the delays to people.“We're finding ourselves in a situation that is causing passenger frustration to be taken out on our people.
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