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Workers at the Ferguson shipyard at Port Glasgow have met at the site amid fears of job losses.Workers at the Ferguson shipyard at Port Glasgow have met at the site 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. A shipbuilding union said 99 out of 126 workers would be made redundant, threatening the survival of one of the last yards on the lower Clyde.
About 70 workers attended the meeting and were told that the union would be seeking intervention by the Scottish Executive. About 70 employees attended the meeting and were told that unions would seek intervention by the Scottish Executive.
No-one has been available for comment at the Ferguson shipyard. No-one was available for comment at the shipyard. A union official said another meeting would be held at lunchtime.
Union officials said the shipyard is about to make 75 posts redundant. Jim Moohan, chair of the shipbuilding and engineering unions, told the BBC Scotland news website that 86 manual and 13 technical and managerial staff would lose their jobs.
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 unionsIf 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.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. Mr Moohan said: "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."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.""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.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."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.""If it's not placed at Fergusons the yard will close in the next year or so."