Talks are being held over claims Northern Isles ferry crews are being paid less than the minimum wage.

RMT representatives are meeting transport minister Humza Yousaf in Edinburgh on Thursday.

Foreign seafarers sailing on ferries contracted by the Scottish Government earn around £4 an hour, the union has claimed.

During a protest in Aberdeen last week, campaigners said ferry operator Seatruck was exploiting its workers.

Mick Cash, RMT general secretary, said: “It is scandal that ships of shame are sailing out of Aberdeen, with workers on poverty rates that make a mockery of our legal minimum wage under a contract that is under the control of the SNP administration.

“This outrage, which is stain on the reputation of the great city of Aberdeen, has to be ended and ended now.”

Source: stv.tv