Discrimination against disabled workers continues, and RMT is organising to oppose it
RMT's Disabled Members' Conference, meeting in Plymouth on 27-28 April 2019, passed the following resolution, which had been submitted by Finsbury Park branch:
This conference notes that:
Equal Rights Sub-committee Report
We welcomed Lee Rundle (National Executive member for the South West region) to the meeting. Lee told us about his experiences as a dyslexic member, as well as reporting on the National Executive's decisions on our resolutions from our meeting in November, which were:
London Underground Ltd claims that the red 'Here to Help' tabards make staff more visible to passengers, especially to visually-impaired passengers. RMT argues that the only effective way to make staff more visible is to employ more staff.
This plan was agreed unanimously by the Disabled Members’ Advisory Committee meeting, 28 January 2019, and will be considered by the union's National Executive in March.
‘Know Your Rights’ Campaign
We would like to run a campaign to advise disabled transport workers of their rights. This will encourage recruitment and active involvement in the union, and would include:
Please find attached some useful information regarding mental health and disability within the workplace. There is also an extremely useful 'Passport for Re-Adjustments,' and guidance of how this can be used.
Updates
This resolution was submitted by Bakerloo branch and passed unanimously by RMT Disabled Members' Advisory Committee on 12 November.
We note that:
This is the draft plan of activities for RMT's Disabled Members' Advisory Committee for 2019. The Committee will discuss it further at its meeting in January.
‘Know Your Rights’ Campaign