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| Shipyard workers in crisis talks | Shipyard workers in crisis talks |
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| Workers at the Ferguson shipyard at Port Glasgow are meeting amid fears of job losses. | |
| The GMB union said two thirds of the workers would be given redundancy notices threatening the survival of one of the last yards on the lower Clyde. | The GMB union said two thirds of the workers would be given redundancy notices threatening the survival of one of the last yards on the lower Clyde. |
| Union officials said the shipyard is about to make 75 posts redundant. | Union officials said the shipyard is about to make 75 posts redundant. |
| Local Labour MSP Trish Godman said she had submitted a written question on the issue and would be speaking to ministers to push the yard's case. | Local Labour MSP Trish Godman said she had submitted a written question on the issue and would be speaking to ministers to push the yard's case. |
| The Ferguson yard was threatened with closure two years ago when it lost a vital contract to a Polish rival. | The Ferguson yard was threatened with closure two years ago when it lost a vital contract to a Polish rival. |
| If this order is not placed at Fergusons the yard will close in the next year or so Jim MoohanJoint unions | |
| Unions said the yard needed a £14m tender to build a fisheries protection vessel to safeguard its future. | |
| Jim Moohan, chairman of the shipbuilding and engineering unions, told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: "It's really a very bleak outlook. | |
| "We will be calling on the Scottish Executive to place this multi-million pound order at Fergusons to secure the future. | |
| "If not, then I'm sorry but they are on the edge of closure." | |
| He added that the company had only been able to retain its current position through good management and the commitment of the workforce. | |
| "Fergusons is the last commercial shipyard in Scotland," he said. "This multi-million pound order is the last one for several years. | |
| "If it's not placed at Fergusons the yard will close in the next year or so." | |
| No-one was available for comment at the Ferguson shipyard. | No-one was available for comment at the Ferguson shipyard. |