Stratford no.1 branch

This resolution, composited from resolutions submitted by Stratford no.1 branch and LU Fleet branch, was carried unanimously by the January meeting of the Regional Council:

Education: fees and cuts

1. This union deplores the ConDem government's action in voting to cut university funding, treble tuition fees and scrap the Education Maintenance Allowace (EMA).

2. We believe that this move will deter working-class people from continuing education, leaving it as a privilege for the few who can afford to pay to study.

Stratford no.1 branch is submitting the following resolution to RMT's Station and Associated Grades Conference:

'SOS: STAFF OUR STATIONS' CAMPAIGN

This conference recognises the full-scale onslaught by employers on station staffing levels. This is a threat to station staff jobs, to safety and service standards, and to the help available to other grades.

We request the union to launch and run a national campaign entitled 'SOS: Staff Our Stations', to include:
- industrial action against any attacks by employers on station staffing

Stratford No.1 branch have devised a recruitment plan. It details how the branch have agreed to monitor and increase membership numbers. The Regional Councils recruitment plan for 2010 urges and supports branches to outline a plan to both monitor membership numbers and organise recruitment.

Click 'read more' to see Stratford No.1's plan, or download the attachment if you want a copy for you or your branch to use.

The following resolution, submitted by Neasden Branch, was passed at the September meeting of the Regional Council ...

This Regional Council notes the sterling work carried out by the webmaster at RMT, with the provisions of the current RMT Website, RMTV and RMT Junction.

We feel that the RMT website as it is, is outdated, difficult to use, and not effective enough to communicate with our members.

This resolution, submitted by Stratford no.1 branch and amended by Finsbury Park branch, was passed by the August meeting of the Regional Council ...

This Regional Council believes that RMT's pay claim to London Underground for 2011 should include:

• a flat-rate pay rise for all grades ie. a sum of money (say, £3,000) rather than a percentage figure. This should not be less than would have been achieved by an RPI pay rise for 2011.
• a rise sufficient to fund workers having to pay an additional 2.5% VAT from 2011.

The next Stratford no.1 branch meeting will take place on Thursday 12th August from 5pm at the Leytonstone & District ex-Servicemens Club, Harvey Road, Leytonstone, E11 3BD.

It is approximately a two minute walk from Leytonstone underground station.

Stratford Number One branch have released their latest newsletter.

It contains information about LU's attack on jobs, with the reasons why all grades including train operators need to support the ballot for action against these cuts.

Click 'Read More' to see the full newsletter.

The next Stratford no.1 branch meeting will take place on Thursday 22nd July 2010 from 5pm at the Leytonstone & District ex-Servicemens Club, Harvey Road, Leytonstone, E11 3BD.

It is approximately a two minute walk from Leytonstone underground station.

The next Stratford no.1 branch meeting will take place on Thursday 8th July 2010 from 5pm at the Leytonstone & District ex-Servicemens Club, Harvey Road, Leytonstone, E11 3BD.

It is approximately a two minute walk from Leytonstone underground station.

The following two resolutions were submitted by Stratford no.1 discussed at the July meeting of the Regional Council. The vote was tied and therefore they fell. The President recommended that they be resubmitted next year and that branches discuss them in the meantime.

1. That elections for single seats on these councils be conducted by branch block vote using the Alternative Vote system (rather than first-past-the-post, as at present).