Who's who

Train Grades Committee Secretary
Dean O'hanlon
finsburypark@rmt.org.uk

Train Grades Committee Chair
Frank Curtis
frank.curtis25@ntlworld.com

Trains Functional Council

Will Reid
will_reid_rmt_rep@yahoo.co.uk

Glen Watson
watsonRMT0543@aol.com

Brian Munro
bakerlooline@rmt.org.uk

Trains Health & Safety Council

Neil Hodgson
neil@hodgson07.orangehome.co.uk

Nigel Eivers
nigeleivers@hotmail.co.uk

Gary Fitzpatrick
fitzy1974@hotmail.co.uk

Find out who your RMT representitve is by using this list of all tube driver's industrial and health and safety reps.

If you wish to contact your rep please email info@rmtlondoncalling.org.uk quoting your RMT membership number.

There's also a full list of branches with news related to train drivers here

RMT members have elected Janine Booth as our new representative on the union's Council of Executives.

You can read about the role of the Council of Executives here.

Email: j.booth@rmt.org.uk
Phone (office): 020-7529-8810
Phone (mobile): 07900-408493

Janine will be posting regular reports on this website, as well as at RMT branch meetings, Regional Council meetings and around the workplaces.

The following have been elected to serve as functional council representatives, January 2011 to December 2013

• Trains Council: Glenroy Watson (Finsbury Park branch)
• Stations and Revenue Council: Mac McKenna (Hammersmith & City branch) & John Reid (Camden 3 branch)
• Service Control Council (SO 4 seat): Michael Livingstone (Piccadilly & District West)

Click on these inks to read the line-up of London Transport region representatives on these committees:

• National Women's Advisory Committee
• National Black & Ethnic Minority Members' Advisory Committee
• National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Members' Advisory Committee

TRAIN DRIVER Alex Gordon has been elected to serve as the President of RMT, Britain’s biggest specialist transport union, for the coming three years.

In the postal ballot that closed today Bristol-based Alex, who will take up office in January, beat four other candidates and replaces John Leach, a London Underground worker whose term of office ends at the close of the year.

• President - Vaughan Thomas (Central Line West branch)
• Vice President - Linda Wiles (TfL no.1 branch)
• Secretary - Janine Booth (Stratford no.1 branch)
• Assistant Secretary - Lewis Peacock (LU Engineering branch)
• Financial Secretary - Damian Franklin (Neasden branch)
• Membership Officer - Dave Rayfield (Finsbury Park branch)
• Political Officer - Jackie Darby (LU Engineering branch)

• Women’s Officer - Carol Foster (TfL no.1 branch)
• Young Members Officer - Becky Crocker (Camden no.3 branch)
• Black & Ethnic Minority Members' Officer - Clara Osagiede (Camden no.3 branch)
• LGBT Officer - Brian Haughian (Piccadilly & District West branch)
• LUL Learner Reps Co-ordinator - Bjorn Bradshaw-Murray (Finsbury Park branch)

• Trustees - Frank Curtis (Finsbury Park branch), Glenroy Watson (Finsbury Park branch)
• Auditors - Jared Wood (Neasden branch), Ross Marshall (Central Line West branch)

Executive members

• Will Reid (Finsbury Park branch)
• Michael Hyde (Bakerloo branch)
• Pat O’Brien (Camden no.3 branch)
• John Reid (Camden no.3 branch)
• Josie Toussaint-Pinnock (Hammersmith & City branch)
• Arwyn Thomas (Morden & Oval branch)
• Neil Hodgson (Piccadilly & District West branch)
• Steve Reely (Piccadilly & District West branch)
• John Kelly (Finsbury Park branch)
• Jackie Darby (LU Engineering branch)
• Neil Cochrane (Finsbury Park branch)
• Bob McMunn (Morden & Oval branch)
• Malcolm Taylor (Bakerloo branch)
• Stefan Melnyk (Central Line West branch)
• Adrian Rowe (Neasden branch)

All branch chairs and secretaries are also members of the Regional Council Executive.

There are vacancies for members of the Executive Committee We invite branches to nominate members for this positions.

The Website Officer is Peter North.

A team of RMT members helps run this website. Click on their names to send an email with any questions, feedback, suggestions, etc.

• Brian Munro
• Craig Diggins
• Janine Booth
• John Stack

Camden no.3 covers the following areas:

• Goodge Street group
• Camden group
• Edgware group
• Finchley Central group
• Coburg Street
• Golders Green depot
• East Finchley depot
• CBSO

Camden no.3 branch meets at the Exmouth Arms on the second Wednesday of each month at 17:00, all members welcome

RMT members have elected Steve Hedley as our new London Transport Regional Organiser.

The result was as follows: 12,724 ballot papers were issued, 3071 (24%) were returned. 1,772 (58%) voted for Steve Hedley; 1,292 (42%) for Neil Hodgson.

Oliver New, our region's representative on the RMT Executive, said: "Congratulations to Steve Hedley who has been elected Regional Organiser by the members of the LT Region. Now let's unite against the bosses in 2009!"

NOMINATIONS FOR REGIONAL COUNCIL OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2009

The AGM of the Regional Council is on 26th February 2008 and it is therefore time to remind Branches to consider nominations for Regional Council Officers and Executive Committee.

The deadline for nominations is first post Tuesday 10th February 2009. Nominations received by this date will be circulated with the Regional Council mailing.

Brothers and sisters i would like to introduce myself.My name is steve Hedley and i am serving as your regional secretary.I have been a member of our union for over twenty years and uour regional secretary since february.As regional secretary my job is to provide RMT members with up to date information about the london transport region ,produce newsletters to you and campaign industrially and poitically with you to advance your intrests and that of your union.I hope you enjoy our new website and find that it is a source of information that is easily accessable and helpful.With the inclusion of

Hi, My name is Lewis Peacock and I'm a H&S and industrial rep for Metronet (soon to be back under LUL). At this moment in time I am a full time TU H&S Coordinator nominated on a yearly basis within my branch, LU Engineering. Also, I am the acting branch H&S officer.

Your RMT London Transport Regional Council Officers are:

• Secretary: Steve Hedley (LU Engineering branch)
• President: Vaughan Thomas (Central Line West branch)
• Assistant Secretary: Lewis Peacock (LU Engineering branch)
• Vice President: Jim McDaid (Bakerloo Line branch)
• Financial Secretary: Damien Franklin (Neasden branch)
• Membership & Recruitment Officer: Dave Rayfield (Finsbury Park branch)
• Political Officer: Glenroy Watson (Finsbury Park branch)
• Women's Officer: Jackie Darby (LU Engineering branch)
• Black & Ethnic Minority Members' Officer: Frank Murray (LU Engineering branch)
• Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Officer: Brian Haughian (Piccadilly & District West branch)
• Young Members' Officer: Becky Crocker (Camden 3 branch)