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	National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) is a trade union in the United Kingdom which unionises transport workers.
		It was formed by a merger of the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR) and the National Union of Seamen (NUS).
		Predecessors of the RMT were among the unions which set up the Labour Representation Committee in 1900.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Union_of_Rail,_Maritime_and_Transport_Workers (170 words)

	Emeğin Partisi - EMEP - The Party of Labour
		Workers in these countries were faced with the obligation of raising the demands for the independence of their countries and against the plundering of fundamental industries.
		Neither are the workers and unions alone in repelling this attack; besides having such a duty as protecting all the other labourers and oppressed segments of society, they also possess -as they never have before- a most important opportunity of joining together and acting collectively with them.
		Azoua Gaston - Chairman of the Confederation of Benin Workers Unions
	www.emep.org /trade/Oren/Firstcall.html (1603 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of labor unions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) is a Trade Union for white collar workers in the transport industry in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
		Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) is a United States labor union that was founded in 1934 by subway workers in New York City, then expanded to represent public transit employees in other cities, primarily in the eastern U.S. It established a reputation for militancy and for left-wing...
		The Transportation Communications International Union or TCU is the successor to the union formerly known as the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and includes within it many other organizations, including the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters that have merged with it since 1969.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-labor-unions (6156 words)

	Britain's Labour Party expels rail union
		During the Labour Party’s annual conference in 2003, it was the union leaders who ensured a motion calling for a debate on the Iraq war was kept off the agenda, so as not to embarrass Blair before the TV cameras.
		The union had been withholding parts of its political levy to the Labour Party as part of its attempt to persuade the Blair leadership to tack left.
		Most workers owed their political affiliations to Labour, and even the more militant elements were not generally prepared to break from it.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/feb2004/rail-f28.shtml (1993 words)

	The Militant - 10/6/97 -- Cuts In UK Rail Safety Lead To Fatal Crash
		Many rail workers reacted angrily to his arrest and the claim that the crash was caused by human error in missing a signal.
		One of the recommendations of the Clapham inquiry was that rail workers should have a 12-hour gap between shifts and not work for more than 13 days in a row.
		Many rail workers point to the declining safety standards as a part of a move last year to privatize the rail network with the current 25 rail operators.
	www.themilitant.com /1997/6134/6134_12.html (966 words)

	The Militant - Nov. 8, 1999 -- UK rail crash highlights bosses' deadly safety cuts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Union officials representing 14,000 train drivers recently announced a "go-slow" near 22 high-risk signals across the rail network that have been regularly passed at red.
		Train guards (conductors) who are members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union, have called a strike for October 29.
		Debra Jacobs is a member of the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers union in Manchester.
	www.themilitant.com /1999/6339/633955.html (506 words)

	CONFERENCE OF WORKERS AND TRADE UNIONISTS
		So unions and un-unionised workers need a political voice; a party that fights for their interests in opposition to the profiteering and exploitation that is inherent in the system of capitalism.
		This conference of workers and trade unionists welcomes and salutes the courage of the historic decision at the 2003 Rail, Maritime and Transport workers' union (RMT) annual conference.
		Campaign within the unions to convince workers that just as our predecessors were right to break with the pro-business Liberal party 100 years ago, they should break from the pro-business New Labour party in the 21st century.
	www.scottishsocialistparty.org /news/unionpaper.html (2231 words)

	Rail and Maritime Transport Union New Zealand
		The petition handover was timed for the last day of the Unions 7th annual conference and enabled the Union to have delegates from each and every branch attend the demonstration.
		All eyes then turned to the track workers and the "noise" started with track poinjar machines roaring into life to screw down the rail fastening bed plates and behind them were the rest of the gang swinging sledge hammers to bang in the pandrol clips.
		The Minister gave a short speech saying that the return of the rail asset into public ownership was something the Government was looking at and he drew everyones attention to the recently announced Auckland deal which saw the Auckland rail corridors return to public ownership for NZ$81m.
	www.rmtunion.org.nz /topics_track.htm (879 words)

	LALKAR online
		The expulsion of the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers union (RMT) from the Labour Party is a welcome development, removing one particular organisational obstacle to the advance of socialism in the labour movement.
		At the conclusion of a very useful report-back from a trade union delegation to occupied Iraq, given by a member of the RMT's national executive, detailing the courageous efforts of workers to rebuild their trade unions under the shadow of British and American guns, two questions were posed by an RMT comrade.
		It is up to hard-pressed Iraqi workers to determine what possible headway, under such conditions, organized labour could conceivably hope to make in the defence of workers' rights were their struggle to be wholly divorced from the overall struggle to rid the country of imperialist occupation.
	www.lalkar.org /issues/contents/may2004/union.html (3116 words)

	Britain: SWP/RESPECT "lefts" oppose union disaffiliation from Labour Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This provides a vital service to the union bureaucracy, which faces growing hostility from the rank and file over their continued support for a government whose central aim is to attack the gains made by the working class.
		The unions will be able to direct workers towards the SSP and RESPECT, knowing that these groups will only protest against Labour’s worst excesses while calling for the party’s “reform” in alliance with a handful of equally servile “left-wing” MPs and union leaders.
		It was presented as the resurgence of the trade unions and a counterattack against Blair’s threats to those unions reducing their political levy.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/apr2004/rail-a03.shtml (1542 words)

	Tube Workers Ballot For Action \| The Socialist 29 May 2004
		RAIL, MARITIME and Transport Workers' Union (RMT) members on London Underground are to be balloted for strike action over pay.
		But the additional rest day would be welcomed by workers who have to put up with a difficult and constantly changing shift pattern.
		This may reflect the belief of some in the union that maintenance and engineering workers will cause more problems by adopting a prolonged overtime ban or other work to rule, than would be the result of one day on strike.
	www.socialistparty.org.uk /2004/349/np11.htm (521 words)

	Maritime Union of Australia: Shipping: UK unions fight slave wage legislation - 18 June 2003
		Maritime unions in the UK have forced the government to put its contentious shipping legislation allowing UK flagged vessels to employ foreign crew on cheap wages to the vote
		Unions in the UK are forcing a formal parliamentary vote on the issue of shipowners avoiding equal pay for foreign seafarers, Lloyds List reports from London.
		The Rail Maritime and Transport Workers Union has used a former pledge by Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, a former seafarer trade union activist himself - when in opposition.
	www.mua.org.au /news/shipping/ukleg.html (335 words)

	Trades Union Congress - Unions and Government in court over new rights for gay and lesbian workers
		The union legal challenge is based around two key points of the proposed UK law - regulation 25 which relates to pensions and 7(3) which affects people working for religious organisations.
		The unions will argue that apart from a misinterpretation of the EU Framework Directive, the Government’s proposed regulation may also be a breach of the Human Rights Act 1988.
		The unions have asked for their case to be heard quickly, which should mean that judges get to consider the initial arguments sometime next month.
	www.tuc.org.uk /equality/tuc-7115-f0.cfm (617 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Norris urges tube workers to back no strike deal
		Mr Norris' move to introduce a no strike agreement for tube workers was launched ahead of the latest strike ballot result by the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers' union (RMT).
		Under Mr Norris' blueprint, workers and employers would have 100 days to negotiate a better pay deal in exchange for forsaking their right to strike, which he claims costs London business £30m a day in lost revenue.
		But the union's regional officer Bobby Law gave the plans short shrift: "We would never agree to such a thing as a no strike agreement, for the simple reason that there are injustices that affect our members and we have to protect them, particularly around safety issues," he said.
	www.guardian.co.uk /transport/Story/0,2763,1159585,00.html (530 words)

	Scoop: Cullen Address to Rail & Maritime Transport Union
		This is a strategy for realising the full potential of rail as a properly integrated part of the nation's transport infrastructure.
		And for the first time we are coordinating planning and investment in all modes of transport, including road, rail and shipping, to ensure that money is spent effectively and efficiently to achieve the best outcomes in terms of return on investment, congestion reduction and improved outcomes for business, commuters, local communities and the environment.
		We are also the government that is working for rail, as a mode of transport with a central role in a long term transport strategy.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PA0410/S00242.htm (2341 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Tube workers vote to strike
		The Rail, Maritime and Transport workers' union (RMT) today threatened "serious disruption" for commuters on the London underground after its members voted to strike over the sacking of maintenance staff.
		Eight workers were dismissed by the infrastructure company Metronet following the discovery of more than 100 empty beer cans and an empty brandy bottle in their mess room at Farringdon station.
		The RMT said union members employed by Metronet on track and signal maintenance on the underground voted by 5 to 1 to support their sacked colleagues.
	www.guardian.co.uk /transport/Story/0,2763,1159706,00.html (602 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : Water transport workers want maritime policy re-charted
		HE Water Transport Workers Federation of India (WTWFI), representing port and dockworkers in the country, has suggested a major overhaul of the proposed Maritime Policy so as to address the various challenges faced by the port sector in India.
		For countries in the European Union, subsidies have to be in conformity with the competition policy that member-governments are required to pursue under the Maastricht Treaty, which is the basis of the formation of the EU.
		In view of the opposition from the US, maritime transport was kept outside the purview of the Uruguay Round trade negotiation of GATT, which concluded with the WTO agreement signed at Marrakesh in 1994.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2004/11/08/stories/2004110800080600.htm (886 words)

	Scottish Socialist Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The period since 1999 has seen sustained growth for the SSP, including a significant boost to membership when the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) in Scotland agreed to become part of the SSP, although the decision to absorb the SWP remains controversial.
		The decision of the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers union (RMT) at its 2003 Annual Conference to allow its branches in Scotland to affiliate to the SSP if they wished led to the RMT's unprecedented expulsion from the Labour Party when a special conference in January 2004 declined to reverse the decision.
		Internal party organisation almost positively encourages this high level of disagreement, since the party (unlike most others) allows for the organisation of internal factions (which it describes as platforms).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scottish_Socialist_Party (876 words)

	Trades Union Congress -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a (The people of Great Britain) British organisation that represents the UK's (An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer) trade unions.
		These consist of 71 affiliated unions with a total of about seven million members.
		It was no coincidence, therefore, that the city became one of the main centres for trade union organisation and agitation in the UK.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/Tr/Trades_Union_Congress.htm (790 words)

	Indymedia UK - Thousands demonstrate against WTO - trade union demos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Elsewhere, thousands of workers belonging to HMS Unions participated in rallies and demonstrations organised under the banner of the central trade unions in all the capital cities, ports and industrial centres.
		Workers are holding a Demonstration in front of the Trade Ministry, with the participation of students and the rural sector.
		Global Unions demands will be voiced in the media, trade union meetings will be held on the theme "a new globalisation that does not undermine the values, working and living conditions of workers", and globalisation issues will be integrated into workers' education programmes.
	www.indymedia.org.uk /en/2001/11/15830.html (3037 words)

	Britain: Rail workersâ union breaks with New Labour
		Last week a special conference of the rail workers’ union, RMT (Rail, Maritime and Transport), voted by 42 votes to eight to reject Labour Party intimidation and reaffirmed its decision to support other political organisations, including affiliation to the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP).
		Opening the debate, union general secretary Bob Crow said that the only part of New Labour’s programme his union could agree with were the bits that said “The” and “End”.
		He said workers were questioning why the RMT (like other unions) gave Labour a distinct advantage over other political parties, when New Labour had shown such contempt for the unions.
	www.socialistworld.net /eng/2004/02/10britainb.html (876 words)

	NZOOM - ONE News - World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Workers on the "Tube", the world's oldest subway system, began a 24-hour strike over safety fears resulting from government plans to partly privatise the network.
		Only a few trains were running as members of the Rail Maritime and Transport Union staged the strike over safety.
		The RMT claims workers have not been properly consulted on worker safety issues arising from the scheme to sell off parts of the system to various companies.
	onenews.nzoom.com /onenews_detail/0,1227,117524-1-9,00.html (288 words)

	National strikes hit rail network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The union claims that an understanding to restore the safety role of the guards was reached in an earlier agreement.
		The union believes that a uniform rate of pay would be both fair and efficient because it would limit the 'poaching' of drivers among companies and end industrial action over pay differentials, but train operators argue that standardisation would hinder efficiency and commercial viability by decoupling pay from productivity.
		The unions’ complaints about pay differentials reflect a broader concern within the trade union movement about 'two-tier' workforces, where workers are paid different rates for doing the same job (UK0302107F).
	www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int /2003/04/feature/uk0304103f.html (1606 words)

	Rail workers could join fire strikes
		The leader of the UK's biggest rail union has warned that rail workers could also strike on days when firefighters are taking industrial action.
		Bob Crow, leader of the Rail Maritime and Transport workers union, said the simultaneous action could come about because of safety concerns for emergency fire cover.
		The practice of secondary action in support of another union was outlawed by the Thatcher government but Mr Crowe denied the RMT was contemplating secondary action under the veil of safety concerns.
	www.fire.org.uk /BBC_News/News2002/October/bbc201002b.htm (674 words)

	House of Commons - Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs - Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence
		The Transport and General Workers' Union (TandG) represents 9,786 people employed in the Ports and waterways of England and Wales.
		However, the degree of spatial competition between ports is a function of geographical separation of ports, the configuration of the inland transport system and the nature of the trade.
		The Department of Transport originally estimated that between 1,500 to 2,000 jobs would be made redundant at a cost of around £25 million.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200001/cmselect/cmenvtra/244/244ap69.htm (2375 words)

	Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Staff are also concerned over the use of flexible fixed-term contract labour, which, according to the union, is being implemented “to the limit of psychological and physical stress.” The strike resulted in the cancellation of 59 flights (26 national and 33 international) from Rome and Milan airport.
		The workers affected are members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers union.
		The workers were reported to be dissatisfied with the recruitment process, which is controlled only by the management.
	wsws.org /articles/2005/jul2005/wrks-j22.shtml (1348 words)

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