Wightlink workers prepare to strike over 'attack' on pensions and conditions

The RMT said Wightlink has appeared to dismiss an offer of government funding that could be used to ‘ease the financial pressure created by the pandemic’.

But bosses at Wightlink said the cash it is accepting is ‘far smaller than our current losses’ and it needs to cut costs to survive.

Now the union is preparing to strike from April. RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: ‘Senior management at Wightlink are exploiting the second wave of the crisis by trying to force through permanent contractual changes and pension cuts which my members have rejected.