RMT AT TUC

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: october 2013 :: RMTnews 8 This year’s TUC Congress taking place in Bournemouth for the first time in 25 years elected RMT general secretary Bob Crow to the ruling TUC Executive and RMT member Peter Hall was re- elected as chair of the TUC’s General Purposes Committee. Bob Crow also won the day in an impassioned speech making the case for the TUC and affiliates to consider all options in fighting austerity and the attack on workers’ including the need for coordinated industrial action between unions and consideration of a general strike. Bob also moved the union’s motion calling for the TUC to support referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union and while it was not possible to win the vote on this occasion he certainly won the argument. It is clear it is only a matter of time before the TUC has to take a position on this vital question. RMT President Peter Pinkney successfully supported the RMT at TUC RMT enjoys successful TUC Congress, winning seats on the executive committee and support for union policies from fighting austerity to renationalisation Lorna Tooley Darren Proctor