SAYING NO TO TRIDENT

RMTnews :: february 2007 :: www.rmt.org.uk 18 Saying No to Trident RMT News looks at why Britain does not need a new generation of the Trident nuclear weapons system and how we can diversify and expand our manufacturing and skills base instead TUC Congress last year overwhelmingly backed an RMT motion arguing that the tens of billions of public pounds the government intends to spend on new weapons of mass destruction should be spent on public services. As the government published its White Paper on Trident replacement, RMT called for the cash earmarked for it to be ploughed instead into helping Britain meet its climate challenge. "We need to spend money on saving the planet, not on weapons that can help destroy it," RMT general secretary Bob Crow told Congress to applause. The union has argued that the £25 billion that the government still wants to spend on replacing Trident - and it could be three times that - could go a long way to helping Britain reduce carbon emissions, build some of the transport infrastructure we desperately need and to help bolster our public services. NO to TRIDENT DEMONSTRATION FEBRUARY 24 ’07 Assemble 12 noon Speakers’ Corner Rally in Trafalgar Square, London More information from http://www.cnduk.org/