Greenpeace

[Lewis]

When i joined the TA one of the guys who was joining at same time was from NI and could attest till he got a leter from the police saying he wasnt a terrorist.

[Clanky]

If they started durring down people because of their politics i would imagine they would end up at an employment tribunal. I'm sure their more interested in crimes and your finance (prevents bribery). Unless your from northern ireland then you need a certificate from the police that says your not a terrorist.

Have to say that I have never had a certificate from the police to say that I am not a terrorist. When I did the RNR induction there were a set of security questions that had to be answered, one of them was something like "have you or a close family member ever been a member of e terrorist organisation?", I told the guy that I had a few suspicions about my uncle and I had to go for a security interview with 2 nice chaps in suits from Whitehall who told me that because I was up front about the whole thing and because the peace process now means that we all love each other and there is no more of all that silliness that it wouldn't be a problem.

[GuinnessMan]

If they started durring down people because of their politics i would imagine they would end up at an employment tribunal. I'm sure their more interested in crimes and your finance (prevents bribery). Unless your from northern ireland then you need a certificate from the police that says your not a terrorist.

*cough* national security *cough*

Plus, if it says on your CV that you worked for Greenpeace and were a greenpeace junkie, then they don't have to hire you at all....

[Lewis]

If they started durring down people because of their politics i would imagine they would end up at an employment tribunal. I'm sure their more interested in crimes and your finance (prevents bribery). Unless your from northern ireland then you need a certificate from the police that says your not a terrorist.

[Clanky]

This raises questions about the competence of the Defence Vetting Agency! Unless he was an undercover agent of the authorities.

LOL What?

This guy could not have been an agent of anything other than destruction every time he lifted a spanner.

He was quite open about it when he signed the sponsored reserve papers, so it was nothing to do with the competence or otherwise of any MoD agency, it was obviously just a decision made where they decided that having been an engineer on a Greenpeace ship didn't make him a threat to national security, they made me a lieutenant commander despite a rather colourful family history (again all fully declared at the sponsored reserve induction process, although I thought the guy doing the induction was going to choke when I told him that I had an uncle who I thought might have been in the IRA!)

[IFHP]

Greenpeace vessels are monitored by intelligence services - not for private company reasons more TRIDENT etc, very surprised to hear that someone who once worked for them cleared security but maybe they look at working and volunteering as 2 different things plus they are not an illegal organisation anyway.

Personally I wouldn't touch them with a 6ft stick that had poo on the end of it - I find the organisation completing lacking in integrity and they have been shown to be complete lying gits (de-commissioning of shell platform).

Most of the crew positions are paid ones. Have mooch at their recruitment website.

[alistairuk]

Do you even get paid for working for em? (Clearly I am not the volunteering type)

[Steve]

I know someone who used to work for Greenpeace, who ended up working for Foreland Shipping as a sponsored reservist in the RNR,

This raises questions about the competence of the Defence Vetting Agency! Unless he was an undercover agent of the authorities.

[Clanky]

I know someone who used to work for Greenpeace, who ended up working for Foreland Shipping as a sponsored reservist in the RNR, so not necessarily and as some one above has said, you could just not get them to stamp your discharge book and pretend you were in prison during that time.

Greenpeace genrally keep there protests either within the law, or on the fringes of the law, as for Sea Shepherd they are nothing but a bunch of pirates who should be hung in chains from the main mast of the nearest warship.

[Ducki52]

Could you just ask them to not stamp your discharge book? Or is the whole idea getting experience so you can get a proper job?

theres also the mercy ships people, if you like that sort off thing.

[Merchant Navy News]

Greenpeace also demonstrate against whaling, and together with their legal department they have been immensely successful in a number of areas. I know what you mean about Whale Wars, but have you watched the show? They are incredibly amateur.

[pignutpilot]

Getting a job on a greenpeace ship would kill your career.

I've got a lot more respect for the folk that work on the whale wars boats, at least they are fighting for something within the bounds of reality.

[chris]

well maybe work a contract in your leave and keep it off the cv

[Merchant Navy News]

I can see the appeal of a contract on a Greenpeace ship, but like AncientMariner says, finding the next job would be difficult...