FAREWELL ROBBIE

29 RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 ::september 2022 :: RMTnews N orth Thames branch has sent condolences to the family of Robert Andrew McIver, known as Robbie, a long standing RMT member. North Thames branch secretary Darren Trigg said that Robbie was a staunch trade unionist who was never afraid to speak his mind and supported every picket line. “Robbie followed in his father’s footsteps and joined the railway 29 years ago working on the P-Way before moving over to the signalling and telecommunications (S&T) department. “He was a genuinely good guy who was taken from us too soon,” he said. When the nights drew in and the heat came down and the bills came up, so the bailiffs knocked, and the shopper-bosses squeezed us for the hungry mouths we've got, Who was it turned to stem the rot? Who was it stood for those forgot? Who was it faced the throttling knot? It was we, all plain to see, It was us in the RMT. And when the reds in the commons ran yellow as the snow, And the blue blood’s behind the black door Would rather quaff and let us know, And fat raiders of the rails tell the workers where to go, Who was it cleaned the carriages? ferried heroes through the blight? Who broke their backs maintaining tracks? Who fed the days and spent the night? Doing what labour needed done to carry this nation’s right It was all of you and it was all of me, It was all of us in the RMT! And when they tell us not to groan, Leave it out to take our lot, or take the dole and sit at home, wrapping kiddies up, for what? When they ask us who we are? To demand us what we're owed? When it's us that cast their throne? Say it's us and us for all, And it's up the RMT! Name withheld, Orpington branch POEM - US THE RMT FAREWELL ROBBIE SOUTHEND BENEFIT EVENT Robbie SUPPORT THE RAIL WORKERS RMT NORTH THAMES BRANCH PRESENT Friday October 14, 7.30pm – 12 @ Moonrakers, Westcliff-on-Sea Live Music from :: David Woodcock & The Fixtures • Mucky Dennis & The Grifters DJ :: Daryl Easlea Guest speaker :: RMT assistant general secretary Eddie Dempsey Moonrakers, Lamb and Lion Pub 272 Station Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 7SD £12 solidarity entrance price All tickets in advance from Eventbrite