Protecting our environment from profit-driven destruction
RMT welcomes Environmental Audit Committee’s calls for big investment plan for public transport
Commenting on the Environmental Audit Committee’s report ‘Growing Back Better’, published today, RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said:
TRANSPORT UNION RMT called on the Government to ensure the COVID19 recovery does not make climate crisis worse in response to the transport use statistics released today by the Department for Transport today that show car use continuing to rise rapidly towards pre-COVID19 crisis levels.
Statistics show last week (week beginning 22nd June) saw the fastest rise in car use and ‘all vehicle use’, that includes light goods vehicles and heavy goods vehicles, since lockdown began on 23rd March.
Senior Assistant General Secretary Mick Lynch said:
RMT London Transport Regional Council has voted at previous regional councils to support youth climate strikes. We’re therefore proud to cosponsor and promote this bloc on the 14 February climate strike, called by the PCS union branch at the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
The Bakerloo Line branch of the RMT has called for radical socialist policies to confront climate change. The branch discussed the issue in the context of a growing movement of direct-action activity around climate change, including some in and around London Underground workplaces, and passed a resolution. We publish the text of the resolution below, as part of ongoing efforts to build dialogue and solidarity between trade unions and the radical climate movement.
RMT London Transport Regional Council agreed to support the Campaign for Climate Change at our last meeting.
https://www.campaigncc.org/together_for_climate_justice
Protest: Together for Climate Justice | Campaign against Climate Change
Join us on 1st December in London. 12 noon, Portland Place.
RMT backs maximum vote for Labour to defeat Tories and achieve a Corbyn led Labour Government.
At November’s LTRC meeting, branches in attendance overwhelmingly agreed to contribute £250 towards Shasha Khan’s legal costs as a consequence of his campaign to stop the installation of Sutton/Croydon borough’s proposed incinerator.
Many may ask, why is this even significant to the trade union movement and indeed RMT union?
By Daniel Randall, LTRC Green Officer
RMT branches across the country are already discussing, and passing, policy on environmental issues. Some months ago, Brighton and Hove City RMT submitted a motion to their local Trades Council about "fracking" (hydraulic fracturing, a means of extracting gas by drilling into the earth) taking place in their area.
It shows how environmentally unsustainable processes are often accompanied by abuses of workers' rights, and a cavalier attitude to health and safety.
Justice For The 33
"This region calls on the national executive to enact the request for a ballot for industrial action regarding the issue of casualisation of labour on LUL and the re -instatement of the workers known as the J33 into permanent positions". Finsbury Park
Driverless Trains
We are dismayed to learn that on July 4th London Mayor Boris Johnson again called for driverless trains to be introduced on the Underground. He informed the media that LUL will never again order trains with driver’s cabs.