BOX BOY RETIRES

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: february 2017 :: RMTnews 20 W ayne Barnett will be taking part in a white collar boxing match for Cancer Research on March 18. This involves having eight weeks of boxing training then getting in the ring and doing three two-minute rounds against an opponent with all the proceeds going to charity. Wayne said that ultra-white collar boxing for Cancer Research will hit in excess of £10 million pound by the end of 2017. “This is a big thing for me as I watched my granddad slowly pass away over three years of having cancer and I've never really got over it so for me so I’m pleased to support this great cause,” he said. The event is at Doncaster race course with multiple fighters and tickets available at £20 standard and VIP table 10 persons £50 this includes ring side tables two course meal and waiter/waitress service. For details go to Cancer Research website. Trevor Maxted started work in 1965 as a 15- year old signal box lad, commonly known as a ‘box boy’, on the South Western division of the Southern region of British Railways. His job was to keep the moment-by- moment recording of train signalling by hand in the signal box train register. Trevor worked his way up the career ladder to become a top class relief signalman based at London Waterloo. Trevor never strayed far from a signalman’s role for all he’s half century career. He was a staunch railway operator and saw the railway as his life’s vocation and more than a job. RMT Wessex regional organiser Mick Tosh presented Trevor with his long-service medal at a recent Surrey and Hants branch meeting andgave him the union’s best wishes upon his recent retirement. RMT president Sean Hoyle attended the Portebello and Edinburgh branch RMT president Sean Hoyle attended the Medway and District branch AGM BOX BOY RETIRES Union presents Trevor Maxted with his 50 year service medal on his retirement Steve Hedley speaking at the Nor4Nor campaign public meeting which was on the 12th January. Steve represented the union in fine style with a very strong and convincing speech. He followed speaches from Caroline Lucas MP, Clive Lewis MP, a speaker from the Bring Back British Rail campaign and David Welsh of the Norfolk for Nationalisation (NOR4NOR) campaign who arranged the meeting. Norwich Branch is now broadcasting on Facebook for some online agitation in East Anglia. Would you be able to make reference to our new page? https://www.facebook.com/NorwichRMT BOXING MATCH