UNION MEMBERSHIP INCREASES

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: january 2013 2012 :: RMTnews 27 Despite all the challenges that have been stacked up against our activists – RMT has managed to increase its membership! This is great news for us all and a reflection of all the hard work that is carried out by RMT activists in the shipping, rail, road and offshore industrial sectors. At the end of October our membership stood at 77,167 – up by 1,261 from October last year. This success is even more impressive considering that most unions are experiencing a reduction in membership. RMT continues to go from strength to strength, illustrated by the opening of our extended National Education Centre in Doncaster which will mean we can train almost 1,000 activists every year. This is a real commitment by the union to help build strong workplace organisation. Our active members are the lifeblood of the union and often are the unsung heroes. So it is a great way to end the year but let’s all commit ourselves to doing even more to build the union. You can help build a stronger more effective RMT. Every member is important and if we all recruited just one member each our membership would stand at 150,000 – which was the size of the NUR when I joined in 1982! I would love to see our membership reach this level and we can achieve this - with YOUR help! Please contact me personally if you want advice on how to organise. Alan Pottage 07734 088 305 or a.pottage@rmt.org.uk Recruitment materials are available free of charge by simply calling 01302 760 694 or email org.unit@rmt.org.uk UNION MEMBERSHIP INCREASES Alan Pottage, head of RMT’s Education and Organising Unit reports on the continued growth of the union WELCOME: How the NUR welcomed members in 1982