Meetings and events

We note the report from the meeting of our London Cycle Hire representatives and members, who are determined to pursue their fight for better treatment at work.

Accordingly, we instruct the General Secretary to:

• promote to members the mass meeting on Tuesday 30 July at 6pm at the Chapel pub, opposite the workplace, by sending a personal invitation by post to every member involved; and through emails and text message reminders
• ensure that at the meeting, up-to-date reports are given from talks with the employer, and on progress in achieving recognition
  

Folk/rock lefty singer-songwriter Robb Johnson has donated some really great prizes for a fundraising raffle. Tickets are £1 each, and you can buy them online by clicking the 'Donate' button on this page (add 'Robb Johnson Raffle' and your email address to the seller instruction box once the link has taken you to our PayPal page).

The Raffle will be held at Tolpuddle on Sunday 21st of July. Last online purchases must be made by 1200 noon on Friday 19th July.

Delegates to this year’s 2-day TUC lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Conference 2013 (27th/28th June) discussed a wide range of issues including homophobic hate crime, International LGBT rights, resisting the government’s austerity policy, solidarity for transgender workers, homophobia in sport, and young homeless LGBT people. The conference was well attended, with over 200 delegates. 4 RMT delegates attended the conference, plus a retired RMT member observer.

Both RMT motions sent to this year’s conference carried unanimous.

John will be running the 'National Lottery Anniversary Run' on 21st July 2013 in aid of the Brian Munro Cancer Fighting Fund. The 5 mile course will traverse the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park before reaching a thrilling conclusion on the track inside the Stadium.

You can sponsor John here. Funds will go to the Brian Munro Cancer Fighting Fund. Please add to the 'seller instruction' that you are sponsoring John Kennedy.

The 'Underground Celtic Supporters Club' is offering two fantastic prizes for a raffle in support of the Brian Munro Cancer Fighting Fund.

You could win:

We note the correspondence from London Underground Ltd. We also note that a meeting is to take place between the unions and the employer on Wednesday 10 July, and instruct the General Secretary to place a report of this meeting in front of us as soon as practical thereafter.

From Anabela Hardwick of Save Earl's Court campaign

Here is a round up of the Save Earl's Court campaign's eventful morning at City Hall on Tuesday this week. We gathered at 10AM for photographs and Darren Johnson (Green), Nicky Gavron (Labour) and Stephen Knight (Lib Dem) all spoke about why stopping the demolitions is so important.

Then suddenly someone noticed that Boris Johnson was speaking to the press on the small piece of lawn by the side of the Assembly.

So we all ran, placards and banners in hand and flash mobbed him, interrupting his press call.

This prize has now been won. Thank you to everybody who entered.

You could win a trip to New York for 2 People - buy raffle tickets for a chance to win a 3 day trip for 2 people to New York with hotel and flights included and help the Brian Munro Cancer Fighting Fund reach its target! The raffle will be held in the evening on Thursday 27th of June following the RMT Annual General Meeting.

For your chance to win this fantastic prize, buy tickets via the Brian Munro Cancer Fighting Fund Paypal Account button below and comment that they are for the 'New York Raffle,' and add your email address. We will reply with your raffle ticket numbers. All proceeds will go to the Fund.

Please note - we will stop selling online raffle tickets at 12:00 hours on Thursday 27th of June 2013. When buying raffle tickets via PayPal please remember to state 'New York Raffle' and your email address. RMT General Secretary Bob Crow will pick a winner at random. The winning ticket number will be posted on our websites.