RMT Condemns Charges Brought Against Brother Harding

Submitted by rmtlondon on 27 March, 2014 - 12:37

From RMT Senior Assistant General Secretary Mick Cash

The following resolution has been received from London Transport Regional Council:

“This Regional Council condemns the arrest by BTP of Mark Harding, the RMT Branch Secretary of Hammersmith & City Branch. Mark was arrested despite only carrying out legitimate trade union activities whilst on the picket line outside his place of work.

ETF Women's Committee - Campaigns and Other Business

Submitted by Janine on 23 March, 2014 - 17:30

More from the ETF Women's Committee meeting on 19-20 March 2014

  • Women's Health and Safety at Work
  • Violence Against Women
  • International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) report
  • Women's representation
  • Membership questionnaire
  • Training package
  • European TUC report
  • Rule changes
  • Study on discrimination
  • Next meeting

    Women's Health and Safety at Work

    • ETF Women's Committee: section and country reports

    Submitted by Janine on 23 March, 2014 - 15:56

    The ETF Women's Committee meeting on 19-20 March 2014 heard the following reports:

    SECTION REPORTS

    Civil aviation
    Unions are campaigning for a non-punitive reporting system, and demanding consistency of workplace rules across all grades, from cabin crew (female-dominated) to pilots (male-dominated).

    Dock/Ports

    • Working in ports is very ‘women-unfriendly’. The unions are raising two main issues: the recruitment of women to port jobs; and improving working conditions for women.

    RMT Anti-rail Cuts Campaign Targets Clapham Junction

    Submitted by rmtlondon on 23 March, 2014 - 02:12

    Rail union RMT , along with the Battersea and Wandsworth TUC, will be holding the latest in a series of anti-rail cuts demonstrations and public meetings next week, distributing postcards and leaflets and engaging with the public at Clapham Junction Railway Station between 5.30 and 6.30pm on Wednesday 26th March 2014 with a public meeting later in the evening at 7pm at the PCS HQ building at 160 Falcon Road right next to the station.

    Speakers at the public meeting include,

    PETER PINKNEY (RMT NATIONAL PRESIDENT)

    JOHN MCDONNELL MP (CONVENOR RMT PARLIAMENTARY GROUP)

    London Transport Region Plans For Bob Crow Funeral

    Comrade,

    The funeral arrangements for our General Secretary Bob Crow were announced yesterday. The London Transport Regional Council invites you to honour and pay your respects to our friend, comrade and leader as he is laid to rest on Monday 24th of March.

    We are meeting at 11:00 hours at the Kindertransport memorial outside Liverpool Street Station at 11:00 hours and we will be making our way to Manor Park station which is near the East London Crematorium and Cemetery. We aim to be there by 12 o’clock.

    Report: European Parliament Public Hearing on Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality

    Submitted by Janine on 21 March, 2014 - 20:09

    On Wednesday 18 March, the ETF Women’s Committee attended a public hearing on Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality, held by the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality. Click this link for event information, including some of the speakers' presentations. The afternoon was divided into two sessions, each addressed by a panel of speakers followed by a question-and-answer session.