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Liverpool Homotopia Festival

Submitted by Peter on 11 October, 2011 - 15:17

This annual festival in Liverpool may be of interest to members

Homotopia

Cruising for Art

1-30 November 2011

Welcome to our 8th festival happening across Liverpool throughout November. This year's festival theme is 'Cruising For Art' and we are thrilled that artist Sadie Lee's iconic painting 'Anderrida Shurville' is the 2011 festival campaign which also forms part of a new exhibition 'Pin Ups'.

Sunderland Pride

RMT are organising a group to attend Sunderland's first gay pride event. Sunderland pride takes place on the 25th of September and the RMT's North East Regional Council are keen for more people to get involved.

Sunderland Pride is expected to attract 3000 people, who will march from the Civic Centre through the town from noon.

RMT to Celebrate LGBT History

Submitted by Admin on 9 September, 2011 - 16:00

RMT Council of Executives decision on how to implement decision no.2 here:

That the General Secretary is instructed to implement the decision by initially liaising on this at the next LGBT Advisory Committee.

Further the General Secretary is instructed to write to Brendan Barber inviting the TUC's policy officer for LGBT rights, Peter Purton, to attend the next LGBT Advisory Committee meeting.

We note that the LGBT History Month is in February each year.

London Underground Job Cuts Deepen Inequalities

Submitted by Janine on 5 July, 2011 - 15:00

RMT General Grades Committee decision:

We note the report on the equality strand of the review of London Underground’s OSP (job cuts). We endorse the detailed critique of the job cuts’ impact on equalities, which can be found on file. This critique highlights that London Underground:

  • calculates station staffing levels without considering the needs of equality groups
  • uses methods for collecting information, categorising passenger journeys and assessing data which are deeply flawed and fail to account for equality issues

LGBT Gains and Inequalities

Submitted by Peter on 3 July, 2011 - 14:10

At this years RMT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender conference, Executive member for London Transport Region Janine Booth brought to members attentions the realities of LGBT rights internationally and the equalities that British LGBT workers and people still lack.

Internationally full legal equality for homosexuals only exists in 8 countries in the world. That is that they have equal rights including an equal marriage something that still eludes us in the UK. In 80 countries homosexuality is still illegal. Of these seven countries still have the death penalty. Only recently Uganda was attempting to criminalize all homosexual acts - punishment being a death sentence.

RMT LGBT Conference: Resolutions

Submitted by Admin on 9 June, 2011 - 15:03

The following resolutions were passed by the recent RMT lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender conference. The first two will go forward to the union's Annual General Meeting. The other two will be discussed by the union's Council of Executives:

  1. Membership Form – Disclosure Option of Sexual Orientation
  2. LGBT History
  3. Homophobia at Work
  4. Production of DVD

LGBT Conference Report 2011

Submitted by Peter on 5 June, 2011 - 01:30

The 2011 RMT LGBT Conference was held in Plymouth following a successful Young Member’s Conference a few months previously. There was a good turn out of delegates which made for an enjoyable social event the evening before the conference - and the local gay scene was very welcoming. One local gay pub held a quiz. The winning team consisted of four of our very own LGBT conference delegates who kindly donated the £20 prize to St Luke’s Hospice in Plymouth.

LU Organisational Strategic Plan (OSP) Equality Review

Submitted by Janine on 23 May, 2011 - 15:56

Report to RMT stations representatives from Janine Booth

Summary:

  • London Underground does not consider the needs of equalities groups when calculating its station staffing levels.
  • LU's methods for collecting information, categorising passenger journeys and assessing data are deeply flawed and fail to account for equality issues.
  • LU did not carry out an adequate Equality Impact Assessment before going ahead with the OSP, despite being obliged by law to do so. The revisions it has made to the EqIA since then are minor and wholly inadequate.