Royal Fleet Auxiliary Update October 2025
A MESSAGE FROM YOUR NATIONAL SECRETARY Dear Colleagues,
Please find an update regarding several outstanding matters at your employer, including information to make you aware of problematic issues that you may not be familiar with. As your national secretary and officer with responsibility for RFA, many issues and the daily engagement with members is done primarily by your convenor Ian Parkin, and in some cases by your branch secretaries if it is regarding legal support etc. Whilst our focus is primarily on pay there are many moving parts within the RFA which has been negatively impacted by the convenor role being scrutinised and no longer working from Portsmouth. We have held meetings on this matter and identified our frustration over it. Having an effective convenor is fundamental to industrial relations and we hope that our concerns are taken
onboard, and that we see movement on this matter in the short-term future. During the summer holidays, business at RFA tends to slow down with parliamentary recess and annual leave across MoD and RFA. However, the daily issues and representation remain and engagement with members continue through various channels, regarding updates on matters of concern to you and your colleagues. I hope that this update provides you with a detailed overview of current issues, progress, development and barriers that we encounter on your behalf. As a union we are growing within the deep-sea sector and becoming more organised with a clear focus on the employment conditions and priorities of our members. Our collective strength at RFA must continue to progress and my one ask of every member is to ask can you recruit a colleague who is not currently a member, to join the union and become actively involved in the union.
Regards, Darren Procter