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RMTnews :: may 2005
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RMT is looking for people to
undertake paid telephone work
at Unity House to encourage
people to contact lapsed
members to encourage them to
rejoin the union.
Earlier in the year, the union
made use of a trade-union
friendly call centre, based in
Edinburgh, to contact lapsed
members. This proved to be a
great success, with a large
number of members rejoining
the union.
As a consequence, RMT
wants to carry out a trial in-
house call centre, based at Unity
House, outside of normal
working hours, operating a few
evenings each month. The
service will also be used to
contact members on various
issues including missing
membership detail etc.
Anyone applying should
have a knowledge of RMT and
possess strong telephone
communication skills. The work
will be on a casual basis for
around £10 per hour for a three-
hour shift each night, although
this has yet to be finalised.
The Call Centre will be set up
with advice from a manager at
the centre in Edinburgh and full
training will be provided.
If you know of anyone who
would be interested, please write
to either of:
Alan Pottage
Peter Waters
RMT National Organising Manager
RMT Membership Manager
Maritime House (Side Entrance)
Unity House
Clapham Old Town
39 Chalton Street
London SW4 0JW
London NW1 1JD
RECOGNITION
DEAL FOR
EUROSTAR
SECURITY
GUARDS
RMT has just been awarded full union recognition
for 200 security guards working on the Eurostar
contract located at Waterloo International, the North
Pole depot and Ashford.
They were employed by Securitas until recently
when they were TUPED over to Chubb.
RMT won recognition thanks to a lot of great work
by local rep Billy Kelly and Eurostar Passenger
Services branch secretary Mick Lynch.
“They never gave up during this two-year battle to
win RMT recognition for guards performing security
in the rail industry,” said Alan Pottage of the union’s
organising unit.
LONDON
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