Here is the latest edition of the RMT's LGBT newsletter - Standing Proud.
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RAIL UNION RMT confirmed today that balloting for strike action and action short of a strike will begin this week on three main train services: South West Trains, Greater Anglia and First Great Western.
Ballot papers will be sent to members this week with the votes closing on thursday 19th July.
Latitude Festival (Thursday 12 July-Sunday 15 July. Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk)
RMT Young Members have secured places for 6 young members to Latitude Festival in return for volunteering for a shift a day (shifts are no more than 6 hours) in the Workers Beer Company Bar.
Volunteers get:
-free entry to the festival
-a couple of drinks to enjoy after every shift
-meal vouchers
+Secure camping area with toilets regularly cleaned, showers, and a subsidised canteen and bar.
TUBE UNION RMT confirmed today that following a series of ACAS talks the Piccadilly and sub-surface lines control dispute has been settled and strike action due to start this Sunday evening has been called off.
Following extensive negotiations RMT has been able to secure agreements that protect earnings, employment, grading, career progression, training and the release time for union representatives.
RMT General Secretary Bob Crow said:
RMT General Secretary Bob Crow addressing the RMT AGM 2012 during a debate about public sector pensions. From the Public-i webcast.
Other videos are also available on the RMTv site:
STAFF WORKING directly for Transport for London will go ahead with strike action on Sunday over the total and abject failure of the organisation to offer any kind of recognition and reward for the huge increase in workload and pressure arising from the extended Olympics period and for attempting to impose changes to working conditions and a unilateral ban on annual leave in some departments.
In this Olympic special edition:
In June's edition:
Today all RMT Service Control reps from across Service Control in London Underground met to discuss the final offer that LU and RMT had been negotiating all this week at ACAS.
The reps felt that the final offer made after much negotiating and fighting was a solid victory for all members and for everyone that works in service control, they also felt we had all achieved something un-heard of in London Underground... A guaranteed "Lifetime Protection of Earnings" in writing from LU!!
The date of this year’s Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival is the weekend of 13-15 July. This is an excellent and very popular event commemorating some of the pioneers of trade unionism. The procession and rally will take place on the Sunday 15 July.
More details here.
Have a look at the Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Museum website too, it has lots of information and details about the event.