Deadline: RMT Health & Safety Conference
Deadline for resolutions and delegates' registration for the union's Health & Safety Conference.
RMT National Health and Safety Conference
Venue: Doncaster Trades Club
Deadline: Train Grades Conference
Deadline for resolutions and for delegates' registration for this years National Conference of Train Crew and Shunting Grades
RMT Train Crew and Shunting Grades Conference
Venue: Royal Station Hotel, Newcastle
Deadline: LGBT Conference
Deadline for resolutions to RMT's LGBT Conference, and for delegates' registration.
Central Line West Branch Meeting, Thursday 4th February 2010
The Central Line West Branch meeting takes place on Thursday 4th February 2010 from 4pm-6pm. The meeting will be at The Redan, 1, Westbourne Grove, London, W2 4UA. Nearest tube stations are Queensway and Bayswater. For a map click here
National Busworkers Conference 2010
The 67th National Busworkers Conference will be held on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th April 2010, at the Elstead Hotel, 12-14, Knyveton Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3QP
The conference will be composed of duly elected delegates from branches with bus membership. Each branch with less than 100 members may send two delegates. Branches with more than 100 members may send two delegates for the first 100 members with one additional delegate for every 100 members or part thereafter.
Haiti Earthquake
Submitted by Admin on 15 January, 2010 - 09:41
You can make a donation to help Haitian trade unions' reconstruction work by clicking the TUC Aid button here:
The statement below from the Haiti Support Group gives some of the social and political backgrond to the devastating loss of life in Haiti. It shows that although earthquakes are natural, the scale of their impact is largely down to social and political factors. Our thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones, and we are looking for opportunities to help trade unions and other progressive organisations in the mammoth tasks that face them.
£75 Million Wasted On Rail Franchising Since 2003
Submitted by Peter on 15 January, 2010 - 00:41RAIL UNION RMT today slammed the government for “presiding over a culture of private waste” on the railways after new figures obtained by RMT parliamentary convenor John McDonnell revealed that the cost of designing and tendering rail franchises since 2003 is a staggering £75 million.