RMT AT STUC

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: june 2019 :: RMTnews 11 A full RMT delegation attended this year’s Scottish TUC in Dundee and called for decent offshore energy employment standards. In a motion seconded by Unite RMT regional organiser Jake Molloy emphasised the urgent need for employment protections to avoid exploitation, modern day slavery and a race to the bottom. He urged delegates to support and work with the Offshore Co- Ordinating Group (OCG) to support and promote standardisation of employment. RMT also backed a motion calling for accessible transport across Scotland. Michelle Boyle, Glasgow 5 called for fully staffed stations and a guard on every train. RMT also called for public ownership of the railways and for Scottish ferries to be run and owned in the public interest. RMT president Michelle Rodgers also stressed the importance of promoting solidarity with Palestinian trade unions and for a stop to Israel’s repression in Gaza. RMT also supported emergency motions on solidarity with Venezuela, seconded by Ann Joss Aberdeen No1 branch, and other emergency motions on Springburn Caley Works and Helicopter Safety moved by Mick Hogg and Robbie Wyness, offshore branch respectively. On the Congress fringe, RMT general secretary Mick Cash spoke at a Radical Options for Scotland and Europe (ROSE) and at the Trade Union Co- Ordinating Group against the cuts in Scotland and draconian austerity policies. Jake Molloy also spoke at a fringe meeting organised by the Offshore Co-Ordinating Group on the theme of Energy for the Future – Fighting for North Sea Oil and Gas. RMT AT STUC RMT delegation to the 2019 Scottish TUC Congress demands end to social dumping