CROSSWORD

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: october 2011 :: RMTnews 33 The winner of prize crossword no. 72 is Peter Ross, Glasgow. Send entries to Prize Crossword, RMT, Unity House, 39 Chalton Street, London NWI IJD by November 15 with your name and address. Winner and solution in next issue. ACROSS 7 Public road (7) 8 intolerantly hostile to others - like 5 (7) 10 What you can get at university (6) 11 Anonymous; without a title (8) 12 See 22 13 Educational establishment’s playground, US style (10) 14 Where thousands battled 5’s thugs in 1936 (5, 6) 19 The third bits of three-piece suits (10) 22, 23,12 Anti-fascist slogan at 14 (4,5,3,4) 24 Semitic language spoken widely across the Middle East and North Africa (6) 25 Enraged (7) 26 It’s opposite the floor (7) DOWN 1 Places frequented by 4s (7) 2 Compelling magnetism - ‘the gift of grace’ (8) 3 Animals with the hump! (6) 4 One who goes to the pictures (8) 5 Fascist leader humiliated at 14 (6) 6 Pud (7) 9 Fans; keen amateurs (11) 15 With the necessary permission to do something (8) 16 Guts (8) 17 Seaside pastime - wet or dry! (7) 18 Throws in the towel (7) 20 Vendor (6) 21 Frightened (6) £50 PRIZE CROSSWORD No. 73. Set by Elk No. 72 solution... R MT national secretary Steve Todd led a delegation of trade unions under the auspices of the Isle of Man TUC to meet locally parliamentary candidates known as Members of the House of Keys (MHKs) prior to the Manx general election. The purpose of that meeting was to impress on current and prospective candidates the need for the future Manx government to adopt and embrace TUPE legislation as part of a wider improvement to workers employments rights. About 20 in total turned up and listened to what unions had to say and received a very positive response. Steve Todd said that candidates were left under no illusion that unions are not prepared to let this issue go unchecked and RMT proposed to come back when the new government was in situ with a view to pressing the argument. “Why should workers in the Isle of Man or whose employers are in the Isle of Man be treated differently from workers either side of them on the Irish Sea who enjoy the benefits of such legislation as TUPE?” he said. ISLE OF MAN MEETING B ob Crow and national secretary Steve Todd presented retiring Glasgow shipping branch member Joe Quinn with some tokens of appreciation after serving the union for 50 years. Joe was at sea for 50 years and in that time he was a long standing member of the NUS/RMT. “This is a rare achievement and we all wish Joe a long and healthy retirement,” said Bob Crow. GLASGOW VETERAN SHIPPER