Tips for Reps and Activists

ADVANCE PREPARATION

• Choose in advance the best place(s) to picket. This should be where you will get best access to people arriving for work so you can persuade them not to go in. Try to cover all entrances.
• In addition, you may choose to picket a location such as a busy station, where you can leaflet and speak to the public too.
• Get members to volunteer to picket and to commit to a particular time slot.
• Identify all the book-on times and draw up a picketing rota. Make sure that you have enough people to picket at the right times of the day.

Venue: Exmouth Arms, Star Cross Street, near Euston

This workshop is a must for all workplace RMT representatives. Go through the basics of being an effective workplace representative if you are new in the post - and polish up your skills if you are long in the tooth!

This training workshop will look at:

• the various duties of a union rep
• where you can get help, advice and support
• how the machinery of negotiation works
• what a 'referral' is and how to fill one in
• the role of your branch and your grades committee

And there will be useful materials for you to take away with you.

This workshop is also running on the following afternoon in east London - details here.

Click '2 attachments' / file names to download the two briefings that will be given to participants at the training workshop.

I use RSS or 'Really Simple Syndication' to keep an eye on certain areas of this site - be it news about London Underground disputes, or blog entries from my rep. However, many people don't know what it is or how to use it - so I thought it may be of interest or use to some of you for me to have a go at explaining it here.

Click '1 attachment' / file name to download this briefing.

KEEP PEOPLE INFORMED

We will be better prepared for any dispute if the workforce is already well-informed about the issue(s).

• Keep noticecases up-to-date.
• Give leaflets and newsletters to your workmates. Download material from www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk/downloads
• Speak to people at work.
• Make sure that they feel comfortable to ask questions and give their views.
• Take concerns seriously; provide answers, even if means going away and finding out.
• If you can, produce a leaflet or newsletter for staff in your workplace.