Stratford no.1 branch will be considering adopting the following by-laws at its next meeting, 9 April.
1. The name of the Branch shall be Stratford no.1 branch.
2. Branch meetings shall be held at the Ex-servicemen's club, Leytonstone, every month but this may be varied from time to time as circumstances demand.
3. The meeting shall open at 17.00hrs and close at 19.15hrs.
Stratford no.1 branch will be considering adopting the following election procedures at its next meeting, 9 April.
1. All Officers and members of the Branch Committee shall be elected at the Annual Meeting and serve for one year. Retiring Officers shall be eligible for re-election.
2. Nominations for Branch Officers shall be taken at two Branch Meetings prior to the Annual Meeting. If nominations are not received for any particular position, such may be filled by nomination and election at the Annual Meeting.
Stratford no.1 branch has submitted the following resolution to RMT's AGM.
This AGM condemns Israel’s military assault on Gaza in December and January.
We reaffirm our existing policy demanding Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories and an end to Israel’s siege of Gaza.
We ask the Executive to step up its campaigning on this issue in line with current policy, and in particular wish to see RMT run an appeal in support of an appropriate trade union project in the area.
Stratford no.1 branch has submitted the following resolution to RMT's AGM.
This AGM believes that across our industries, employers are using MFA/attendance policies to bully workers when we are sick, to force us either to attend work when we are not fit to, or out of work altogether.
We support our members who have been prepared to take industrial action over this, for example at Glasgow Central Virgin Trains depot, and at East Ham and Willesden Green station groups on London Underground.
We resolve that RMT should:
This video shows why workers are occupying Visteon factories in Enfield and elsewhere. Today, I sent their union rep the following message ...
One of RMT's equality reps emailed me a few questions for a course he is doing. I thought it might be worth sharing the questions and my replies with website readers.
1. What do you think are the key equality issues in the workplace?
From 'Hope Not Hate' ...
The BNP are preparing a high profile billboard campaign claiming that Jesus Christ would support their policies of racism and hate were He on earth today.
Statements like these - designed to cause offence and whip up interfaith tension - show the reality behind the BNP's politics of fear. They are exploiting words of peace, love and justice as camouflage for their bigotry. Help us unite 10000 people against them in the next 24 hours!
From Bob Crow
Dear Colleague,
Rail bosses are using the recession as an excuse to attack jobs and conditions and cut back on services and essential rail works. Thousands of jobs are being threatened or have been lost. At the same time rail fat cats are raking in big profits and bonuses on the back of the most expensive fares in Europe. Make no mistake: as the recession worsens so will the attack on rail workers and rail services.
Join the national demonstration and lobby of parliament to demand
- An end to cuts in rail jobs and services. A freeze in shareholder dividends with all profits instead invested to protect services and jobs.
- An urgent industry-wide programme so our railways can provide a green stimulus to the economy to help fight the economic downturn.
- A wholly integrated, publicly-owned and accountable People’s Railway and London Underground which put people before profit and where passengers and workers have a real voice
Rally and Lobby Details
RMT member Neil Hood writes ...
I wrongly thought there was only one 'rate of inflation'; the RPI, and I also wrongly thought that as long as I'm getting a pay rise equal to or greater than that rate I'd be better off.
Then I discovered this link on the BBC News website.