RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: april 2018 :: RMTnews 22 The union’s national freight and logistics industrial organising conference agreed to focus on building a practical organising strategy when it met in Eastleigh recently. RMT regional organiser Mick Tosh welcomed delegates to the conference which was hosted by South Hants and Eastleigh Workshop branch: “I am glad we are talking about organising, it gives us an opportunity to engage and draw people into the union’s activities. “If we can all engage just one more person and encourage them to come next year then we can double size of this conference,” he said. Andrew Hill, Leeds City proposed a unanimously backed motion calling for the union to back the reinvigoration of the freight sectors. “We call on the NEC to provide adequate funding and propaganda resources, to mount a serious recruitment campaign throughout the whole of the freight industry,” he said. The organising strategy is to be developed by the conference liaison committee prior to be putting forward to the national executive for approval. Two new charters will be FREIGHT WORKERS PLAN STRATEGY Freight and logistics workers plan campaign of recruitment to build membership in the busy sector