Black and ethnic minority RMT members are organising for equality and against racism.
The iconic image of John Carlos & gold medallist Tommie Smith making their protest against racism, poverty & injustice from the podium at the 1968 Mexico Olympics remains as powerful today as it ever was. On 21 May 2012, John Carlos addressed a meeting organised by RMT and spoke about what motivated him then & how things are today.
Seize The Time
The event "Resistance - The Best Olympic Spirit", organised by the RMT, will be held at Friends House on Monday 21st May at 6pm.
Tickets are available for free from Unite Against Facism.
View the flyer here or download below.
Speakers include John Carlos, Doreen Lawrence and Janet Alder.
There will be several unforgettable speakers at the meeting:
7pm: John Carlos, Doreen Lawrence and Janet Alder
RMT ACTIVISTS from London Underground are proud to have initiated a public meeting “Resistance – the Best Olympic Spirit” with one of the two athletes who featured in arguably the most iconic image from the modern history of the games, John Carlos who raised a gloved fist along with his comrade Tommie Smith on the podium in Mexico in 1968.
RMT ACTIVISTS from London Underground are proud to have initiated a public meeting “Resistance – the Best Olympic Spirit” with one of the two athletes who featured in arguably the most iconic image from the modern history of the games, John Carlos who raised a gloved fist along with his comrade Tommie Smith on the podium in Mexico in 1968.
The campaign to overturn this cruel injustice handed out to Dayna by LUL gathers pace.
The GGC has decided to enact the following to secure Dayna`s reinstatement;
•pursue this case through the full procedure agreed last year, including a meeting between Bob Crow and Mike Brown before proceeding to industrial action if necessary
•raise this issue with our Parliamentary group
•arrange a meeting with Dayna's GLA member, Navin Shah
Please sign this petition to show that you support Dayna as she fighs for reinstatement at London Underground.
http://www.petitiononline.co.uk/petition/reinstate-dayna-nembhard-sacked...
We note the report from our Regional Organiser on this shocking case. We are appalled that London Underground has seen fit to victimise and sack a member of staff who did nothing more than stand up for herself against a racist attack while she was off-duty.
We note that there is to be a Directors' Review of this case tomorrow, and give notice that should this not lead to Dayna’s reinstatement, this union will fight this injustice with all methods at our disposal.
We therefore instruct the General Secretary to:
From RMT London Transport Region Executive Janine Booth
INDUSTRIAL ACTION
Click image for full size leaflet, or download the attachment below.
CSA Dayna Nembhard
After 8 years unblemished service, Dayna was callously sacked without any corroborated evidence to justify a Gross Misconduct charge.
Pregnant Dayna had finished work and stopped at the KFC for a bite to eat. Unprovoked, a white female customer racially attacked her. Fearing harm to her unborn child, mildmannered Dayna sought to defend
herself.
An updated leaflet has been created for the upcoming John Carlos Event.
Click the image to view the leaflet, or download and distribute it using the link below.
There is more on this event here.
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The Trade Union Congress' Race Commitee is holding a fundraising dance for the Stephen Lawrence Trust.
The dance takes place on Saturday 28th of April at Congress House.
Ticket can be purchased from Mick Nicholas - (mickn AT fbu.org.uk) of the Fire Brigades Union.
See the attached flier for further details.