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RMT Internal Structure

 

Further to Circular No. MF/131/14, 20th November 2014 and Decision No. CEww December 2014, the Council of Executives have agreed the enclosed consultation document at the statutory meeting in December.

 

The consultation document follows consideration to responses received up to 27th August 2014. The relevant documentation is also available on the Union’s website using the links below:

 

http://bit.ly/1kXxkU3    Circular MF/61/14 (with initial responses available to download as a PDF document).

 

http://bit.ly/1r0XDJd     Reponses received after 1stNovember 2013 deadline.

 

http://bit.ly/1ymxxHI    Reponses received to 27thAugust 2014.

 

http://bit.ly/1vmTgYY    Consultation Document – Council of Executives’ Report following the December 2014 Statutory Meeting.

 

Should your Branch require a hard copy of the documentation above, please contact the Personnel and Constitution Department on 020 7387 4771.

 

In order to encourage participation in the consultation, the Council of Executives have endorsed the recommendation for regional councils to hold joint meetings of branches to allow council of executive members or national officers to brief branch chairs and secretaries. As previously advised, please liaise with the respective officers and members of the executive committee when arranging your meeting date.

 

Branch and regional council responses to the council of executives’ consultation document should be submitted to this office by Tuesday 24th February 2015 in order that they can be collated and presented to the executive committee at the Statutory Meeting in March 2015.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Mick Cash

General Secretary

 

Long Service Awards

LUEngineering Branch was proud to have the RMT General Secretary, Mick Cash, raise a glass to in remembrance to the sadly missed Bob Crow and Brian Munro prior to giving our branch members their long service awards. It has been a hard year for the union, but the loyalty shown by many of our members who attended to receive their awards shows the fighting spirit of our union is still going strong. There are actually 175 people due to receive a badge and the majority of the awards will be posted soon. However, it was nice to meet old friends and make new ones on what we hope was a night to remember for everyone.

Vote John Reid '1'

John Reid would like to thank everyone for the massive support that he has so far received in his campaign to become the RMT Council of Executive Member (LT Region). He has already been supported by Branches representing the vast majority of members in our Region but now that needs to be turned into votes. He is getting excellent feedback and would like to thank those that have so far voted for him and would urge that everyone takes part in the democratic processes of our union. So if you haven’t voted so far then please send the form back asap

Company Spies?

It has been brought to the attention of the branch that senior management figures (that are not members of the RMT) have a tendency to like to read our website to see what we are up to. It is quite straight forward really, we intend to build, organise and educate our members so that they can defend and hopefully exceed their pay and conditions. We intend to build on an idea of collective sense and bring collective bargaining rather than begging to the doors of all the employers in our sphere of influence. If you want to know if there are to be picket lines and industrial issues in your area, look in the mirror and reflect what type of employer you are, that will give you an idea of what the future may hold.

Our union is an Industrial Trade Union and here for and directed by our members, so please enjoy the website, but we will be adding far more into the members only area as time goes by

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Brian Whitehead Re-elected

It is with great please that we can announce that Brian Whitehead has been re-elected as Relief Regional Organiser (South) by a massive majority of over 4000.  Brian has said “I would like to thank everyone that voted for me and also thank the other candidates for making this an excellent campaign focused on issues that matter to our members”

 

Elbow Out Ebola Peoples’ Campaign – Conference Dec 5th London

Elbow Out Ebola Peoples’ Campaign – Conference Dec 5th London

As the Ebola crisis continues to escalate, a conference to discuss a response has been called in London. So far over 3,000 people in West Africa have died.

 

Elbow Out Ebola International Conference will  take place on December 5th from 9.00am – 5pm followed in the evening by a fundraising cultural evening, to take place at the Zanzibar Club, 291 Kirkdale, Sydenham, SE26 4QD.

 

The Elbow Out Ebola conference features key note speakers from Embassies, High Commissions, Consulates, Ebola Task Force Groups, specialist doctors, Public Health Specialists and grass roots organisations joining forces with the diaspora to share knowledge and experiences in the fight against Ebola.

 

Countries with confirmed representatives include Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia and Nigeria.

 

For more information please visit: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/elbow-out-ebola-conference-tickets-14092574269?aff=eac2

 

Or email: info@elbowoutebola.com

 

Members are encouraged to attend.

 

Yours sincerely,

Mick Cash

General Secretary

TUC “Decent Jobs” Campaign: Events planned for mid-December

TUC “Decent Jobs” Campaign: Events planned for mid-December

Millions of people in the UK are in low paid and/ or insecure work. Even some categories of RMT members are having to fight to secure a Living Wage. While other members, who will be in a better position themselves, often work with people engaged via agencies or on temporary contracts whose restricted knowledge of the job may make them a safety risk.

 

Limited workplace rights for agency/ casual workers and the prevalence of “zero hours” contracts undermines all workers. Although “zero hours” contracts have received much criticism, there remain more than 1.4 million such contracts in use in the UK today.

 

Accordingly, in December the TUC is organising a week of campaign activities. This is to keep up the media profile and public awareness of these issues ahead of next year’s General Election.

 

“Decent Jobs Week” will run from 15 to 21 December 2014. Core to the week will be a series of events (mostly weekday daytime stalls). Please see attached list to see what is occurring near you and http://decentjobsweek.org for the latest information.

 

This is an opportunity for us to highlight our concerns. Members and activists are encouraged to participate with friends and family invited to support this initiative too.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Mick Cash

General Secretary

 

Branch Long Service Awards

The Branch will be proud to present it’s 10, 25 and 40 year awards to branch members on the 5th December at the Sir Christopher Hatton pub near Chancery Lane.

Mick Cash has agreed to present these awards at 17:30 and we look forward to seeing friends old and new for those that can attend.

Invites have gone out by post and email and should arrive within the next few days for those that are due to receive an award. If you believe you are entitled to an award and not received it, then just contact Paul Jackson at LUEngineering@rmt.org.uk

Mick Lynch wins Nomination

Following a stirring speech and question and answer session, the Branch attended by over 50 people choose to nominate Mick Lynch for the position of Assistant General Secretary. The branch would like to thank Alan Pottage, the other candidate that attended and gave a good show of himself.

We wish them all well and look forward to a good discussion on the issues facing our union and how we take these matters forward

Asbestos Reporting

A NATIONAL INITIATIVE HAS BEEN RE-LAUNCHED TO ENSURE THAT DETAILS ARE RECORDED OF MEMBERS WHO BELIEVE THAT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO ASBESTOS DUST THROUGH THEIR WORK.

It is important to remember that not everyone who has been exposed to asbestos develops an asbestos related disease, and that the development of a serious illness as a result of exposure to asbestos is rare. However, for those who do develop a disease, the effects can be devastating.

Recording information about exposure on a database will enable RMT and its solicitors to help those who wish to make a claim in the future by speeding up the process of obtaining compensation.

If you believe you have been exposed to asbestos in your current or a former workplace anywhere in the UK and at any time in the place no matter how long ago, you should complete the Asbestos Exposure Questionnaire.

Alternatively you can have a form sent to you by calling the Thompsons helpline on 0800 587 7516.

Post the completed form to:

‘Asbestos’

RMT Questionnaire

Thompson’s Solicitors

23 Princess Street

Manchester

M2 4ER

Please note that you cannot fill in this form online.

Members who registered their details on the previous RMT asbestos register can be assured that their information will be retained. If you are not sure if you did register your details, please do so again now.

 

 

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