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RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: january 2016 :: RMTnews 27 T wo special guests unveiled the new Waterloo branch banner recently Nicky Hoarau, partner of the late Bob Crow, and Joan Twelves partner of the late Greg Tucker. Nicky said that it was a great honour to be invited to unveil the banner which includes a portrait of Bob and Greg. “This is a very thoughtful and fitting tribute to Bob and I would like to thank the branch for inviting me,” she said. Joan also thanked the branch for inviting her as Greg was a very well-known and respected former Waterloo branch secretary. “I am so proud and pleased that the branch has remembered Greg in this way,” she said. Branch secretary Rickey Goodman said that there was a lot of hard work and thought that went into the design of the banner. “I would like to thank everyone who assisted in this project which we believe is the first banner the branch has ever had. “We would particularly like to just say another big thank you to the maker of the banner Ed Halls who done a brilliant job of making this incredible piece of artwork which has already attracted a lot of attention,” he said. W aterloo branch said farewell to a long serving activist Dave Butler who felt it time to retire from South West Trains after working for over three decades as an activist at both LDC and Company Council level. He was also the last former member of the old Sectional Council from British Rail. Waterloo branch secretary Rickey Goodman worked with Dave on the SWT Company Council and alongside him as branch vice chairman. “It’s sad that we have to say goodbye to Dave but it was a great honour to know someone who had a wealth of knowledge and would always stand up for his principals and represent his members to the best of his ability. “He is a person who fought long and hard to secure the best possible agreements for the members,” he said. He thanked Dave for all his hard work and branch members wished him all the very best in his retirement before the branch presented Dave with a gift. A WATERLOO FAREWELL NEW WATERLOO BANNER UNVEILED