TUC report: Gender Impact of the Cuts
Submitted by Admin on 30 June, 2011 - 11:11Click '1 attachment' / file name to download a report form the TUC on the gender impact of government cuts.
Still a minority in a tradtionally male-dominated industry, RMT women are organising against sexism and for our issues to be heard
Click '1 attachment' / file name to download a report form the TUC on the gender impact of government cuts.
Report to RMT stations representatives from Janine Booth
Summary:
Branches and Regional Councils are invited to submit items for consideration at the above meeting. Such items should deal solely with matters affecting female members and must not seek to determine Union policy. I would point out that the Committee cannot authorise the progression of claims. Branches submitting items for the agenda must inform their Regional Council of the content.
Branches and Regional Councils are reminded that observers are also welcome to attend the Advisory Committee, although expenses cannot be paid in this regard.
Dear Colleague,
1. National LGBT Members’ Conference - 13th May 2011 (EO/32)
The RMT London Taxi Branch will be demonstrating/picketing outside the offices of Transport for London, Windsor House, Victoria Street SW1 at 11am on the 11th April 2011 over the disturbing and worrying rise in reported rapes/sexual assaults of women in London.
Report from Val Barzey, delegate from LU Engineering branch:
Tim Wilkinson - Gloucester Branch welcomed the guests to Cheltenham Spa.
Bob Crow - General Secretary
From LabourStart ...
It has now been more than five weeks since the illegal arrest of Moshrefa Mishu, President of the Garment Workers Unity Forum in Bangladesh (pictured).
There was no warrant for her arrest at the time that heavily-armed plainclothes officers took her off to jail, where she remains - in poor health and badly treated.
Her real crime was leading a protest campaign to demand the implementation of the legal minimum wage.
As a public body, London Underground has to carry out an assessment of the impact of any new policy on various equality issues. The attached file is LU's Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) for its current OSP (policy of cutting 800 mainly-stations jobs). Below is the response to this document that I have written on behalf of RMT. You will see from this that LU's EQIA falls woefully short, and ignores key equality issues.
Venue: The Old Star, opposite St. James Park station (Park / Broadway exit) 12-4pm - drop in at any time
All RMT women are welcome to join us for an informal lunch. This is your opportunity to meet other women members in a friendly setting and discuss any issues which matter to you as a female transport worker.
So, what's on your mind? Job cuts? Management bullying? Discrimination? Working in a male-dominated industry? Balancing work and family responsibilities? Sexual harassment? Sexist comments? Pregnancy? Health and safety? Menopause? Safe travel to and from work?
Venue: The Old Star, opposite St. James Park station (Park / Broadway exit) 12-4pm - drop in at any time
All RMT women are welcome to join us for an informal lunch. This is your opportunity to meet other women members in a friendly setting and discuss any issues which matter to you as a female transport worker.
So, what's on your mind? Job cuts? Management bullying? Discrimination? Working in a male-dominated industry? Balancing work and family responsibilities? Sexual harassment? Sexist comments? Pregnancy? Health and safety? Menopause? Safe travel to and from work?