Political fund

RMT news – Political fund For more information, contact RMT 0800 376 3706 e-mail infor@rmt.org.uk or visit www.rmt.org.uk Politicians make decisions which affect the lives of RMT members at home and at work. In order to improve the lives of transport workers we need to be able to continue to campaign for investment, jobs, employment rights, safety, pensions and better working conditions, plus all of the other issues which affect transport workers. The law states that unions must have a separate Political Fund to pay for campaigning. This is raised by members paying the political levy as part of membership subs. Furthermore, all unions are required, by law, to ballot their members every ten years to retain their Political Fund. In the autumn, RMT will be asking every member to vote ‘YES’ in the postal ballot. Your Political Fund allows your union to take our workplace campaigns into the political arena to influence political decisions and to have our say on changes in the law. Winning a Yes vote in the ballot is vital in allowing us to campaign on your behalf in pressing the government and politicians to do far more for transport workers – without it, we will be fighting with one hand behind our back. For the RMT Political Fund 12 RMT news – Political fund 13 YOUR UNION YOUR VOIGE For The Political Fund