Still a minority in a tradtionally male-dominated industry, RMT women are organising against sexism and for our issues to be heard
The death of Sarah Everard and arrest of a serving police officer on suspicion of murder, and the subsequent police repression of the event organised in her memory, has sparked renewed organisation among women members of RMT in London Transport Region.
The attached newsletter has been produced by RMT women activists. It lists demands for a safe workplace and includes reports from LU activists.
Please download it to learn more and distribute it in your TfL / LU workplace.
Safety, Equality, Solidarity!
The RMT London Transport Region is hosting a panel focusing on women’s health and safety in the workplace, for International Workers Memorial Day.
The event will take place at 5pm on the 28th April. There are more details in the attached flyer.
Please join us, a link to the meeting will be available soon.
Bakerloo News is the newsletter for workers on the Bakerloo Line.
Please download it to read the latest news from the Bakerloo branch. You also print and distribute it in your workplace.
In this edition:
Dear Prime Minister,
Police Violence against Women Demonstrators
Our union has requested that we write to you directly and express our members anger at the reaction of the authorities to the reclaim the night vigils. RMT women members in particular have contacted us to express their outrage at the recent actions of the police.
The death of Sarah Everard and subsequent murder charge against serving Met Police officer Wayne Couzens has brought the issue of women's safety into sharp focus. This issue very much affects women in public transport, both as passengers and specifically as workers.
It is important that RMT London Transport Region takes up this issue in the way that its women members want it to.
Terms of reference / forum functioning
TfL’s Diversity and Inclusion team held an online meeting on 20 May. This was not a form Equality, Diversity and Inclusion forum, and included various participants as well as D&I management and trade unions.