Events
Venue: Church Green, Burston, near Diss, Norfolk
Bob Crow writes ...
I would like to encourage all activists to attend this year’s commemoration of the Burston Strike School. The RMT wishes to have as large a presence as possible at this important event in the trade union calendar.
We will commemorate the longest strike in history, and celebrate the people who continue to fight for trade union rights, working class education, democracy in the countryside, and international solidarity.
Venue: Conway Hall, Red Lion Square (Holborn tube)
Speakers include:
- John McDonnell MP (Labour, Hayes and Harlington),
- Bob Crow (RMT General Secretary)
- Tony Juniper (ex Director, Friends of the Earth, Green Party candidate)
- Ian Terry (worker from the Vestas wind turbine factory)
- Phil Thornhill (Campaign against Climate Change)
Don't miss this important meeting on the UK's future direction in the era of Climate Emergency - are we moving full steam ahead towards Green Jobs and the Green Energy Revolution at a speed that we can and should ?
Venue: Unity House (RMT head office)
Demonstration against harrassment and bullying of RMT members at London United bus company. Picket will be outside Fulwell Bus Garage, Wellington Road, Twickenham, TW2 5NX (map here). Please make every effort to attend and support our bus members.
Venue: Exmouth Arms, Star Cross Street, near Euston
Pensions are a very important issue to workers - they ensure a comfortable and dignified retirement - and yet seem both complicated and continually under threat.
In this workshop, one of our rank-and-file RMT pensions reps will explain - and answer questions about - issues including:
- RMT representation on the bodies that oversee your pension
- ill-health pensions
- medical termination
Venue: ex-Services Club, Harvey Road, Leytonstone - map here.
Pensions are a very important issue to workers - they ensure a comfortable and dignified retirement - and yet seem both complicated and continually under threat.
In this workshop, one of our rank-and-file RMT pensions reps will explain - and answer questions about - issues including:
- RMT representation on the bodies that oversee your pension
- ill-health pensions
- medical termination
The organisers write ...
The Harrow Times website is reporting that "The event [the protest against the mosque] is being advertised through social networking website Facebook where 206 people say they will go, 560 say they might go and 1,120 are yet to reply." It has been taken off the English Defence League and British Defence League websites, but some of these facebook groups are sponsored by them and by similar groups. One belongs to a woman who asks people to contact her if they want to take part and advertises herself as a "fan" of Nick Griffin, the BNP and Enoch Powell. The EDL is the group that rampaged through Luton, where they were not opposed, smashing the windows of Asian owned shops and shouting abuse at Muslims. We cannot allow them to march unopposed through Harrow. If they get away with doing that, they will be back for more.
Venue: Unity House.
Sponsored by Camden 3 branch. Leaflet attached.
Next Reel News / Hackney Solidarity Network documentary film and discussion night! Sunday September 13th 7pm - 10 pm @ The MOTH, Vallette Street Hackney
Neasden Branch Meets
Wednesday 16th September, 1600 Hours, The Torch Pub (Function Room), Wembley Park
Come along and discuss your issues in your workplace.
For more information Contact Les Bruty
Actions around the country to support workers at Vestas, Isle of Wight, fighting to save Britain's only wind turbine factory from closure. Check back here for details as they become available.
As you will probably know, RMT will be holding a Special General Meeting in early November, which will discuss four rule changes submitted by branches. All these rule changes seek to improve our union's democracy, as follows:
- to extend the time available to branches to submit amendments to resolutions to the union's AGM - to ensure that during disputes, the union's Executive considers the views of a strike committee elected by and from the striking members - to create a larger, more diverse and representative Annual General Meeting
RMT's annual two-day conference for signalling grades takes place at Lincoln Labour Club, Gafton House, Newlands, Lincoln.
RMT's annual two-day conference for signalling grades takes place at Lincoln Labour Club, Gafton House, Newlands, Lincoln.
Venue: Upstairs bar, Old Star pub, opposite St. James' Park tube station.
Poster attached.
Venue: Somers Town Community Centre, Ossulston Street, between Euston and St. Pancras stations.
All members welcome.
Trade unionists from around the country will be gathering in Brighton to tell the Labour government that we are determined to defend jobs, and that working-class people should not pay the price of the economic crisis.
More details here.
RMT's London taxi branch is holding a picket on Parliament Square, Windsor House (TfL HQ) and Westminster city council offices regarding the “London Local Authorities and Transport for London (no.2) bill” ... ”No to 19” clause 19 of the bill.
This article explains cabbies' objections to this legislation.
A protest against bullying and harassment of RMT bus members at London United will take place on Friday 2nd October at Hounslow Bus Garage, Kingsley Road, Hounslow, TW3 1PA. The nearest tube station is Hounslow East on the Piccadilly line ( 2 minutes walk).
