The following resolution submitted by LU Fleet Branch was carried unanimously the October 27th Regional Council meeting.
This Region notes:
1. The Tory-led Government is introducing attacks on the the public sector and working-class living standards that threaten to take Britain back to Victorian levels of inequality and the biggest assault on the working-class since Margaret Thatcher.
The following resolution submitted by Finsbury Park Branch was carried unanimously at the October 27th Regional Council meeting.
The following resolution submitted by TFL No1 Branch was carried unanimously at the October 27th meeting of the Regional Council.
No to hate crime campaign 17-24-30.org are a non-profit making organisation that have been running vigils in Trafalgar square in October for the last two years. They are currently going through the process to achieve charitable trust status.
This region notes the importance of a collective stand against all forms of hate crime and the hard work done by 17-24-30.org to date.
This region resolves publicise the 17-24-30.org and the affiliation form.
The following resolution submitted by Stratford No 1 Branch fell 9 votes to 4 at the October 27th Regional Council meeting.
This Region reaffirms its support for the policy of functional and tier two reps returning to the workplace after a three year term in office.
This Region also supports the ability of functional reps to stand down from the level 1 position if they so choose.
However this Region believes that it is unfair that candidates for functional council have to be local reps in order to be eligible.
The following resolution submitted by TFL No1 Branch was carried unanimously at the October 27th Regional Council meeting.
This region notes that:
The following resolution submitted by Stratford No1was carried at the October 27th Regional Council
Eric Eustace Williams : Trade Unionist & first PM of Trinidad & Tobago
This year sees the centenary of the Birth of Eric Eustace Williams (25 September 1911 – 29 March 1981.
A series of commemorations of Dr Willaims life & his work for the people of Trinidad and Tobago will be held in Cambridge University.
Stratford N01 Branch would be grateful if the LTRC would support a donation to the Eric Eustace Williams fund.
The following resolution submitted by Finsbury Park was carried at the Regional council meeting on September 29th.
Following the acceptance of the Council of Executives and adoption of the motion from Finsbury Park Branch that an information campaign and potential balloting of all members of the region be undertook regarding the reinstatement of James Masango this region calls on head office to link this campaign to the dismissal of Jayesh Patel of Bakerloo Branch and that their reinstatement as drivers on LUL be the only acceptable conclusion to this issue.
Statement 5: “TSSA and RMT met again as planned on Tuesday, 11 October 2011 for further friendly and constructive talks concerning the democratic structures of our respective unions. Our talks focussed on the workings of Annual Conferences, Executive Committees, Regional/Divisional and Branch structures.
RMT attended the recent Battle of Cable Street 75th Anniversary Rally. Several RMT members were present and General Secretary Bob Crow spoke at the event which RMT has participated in for several years.
In 1936, fascism was gaining ground across Europe. In Britain, Sir Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists (BUF) portrayed Jewish people as the cause of the country's problems. East London had the largest Jewish population in Britain and the announcement that Mosley and his Blackshirts planned a provocative march through the area.
On the day, up to 250,000 people gathered to defend the East End. There was a fierce battle with the police when they attempted to clear a path for the march and a barricade was erected and defended in Cable Street.
The 75th anniversary programme aims to keep alive the spirit of the defenders of Cable Street who took to the barricades that day.