Women's Cancers and Work
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Janine proposing a motion to 2017 RMT Women's Conference about women's cancers and work. The motion was carried unanimously.
You can read this speech here, and the resolution here.
That National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (UK). I have been a member since 1997, and served on the union's national executive 2011-13.
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Janine proposing a motion to 2017 RMT Women's Conference about women's cancers and work. The motion was carried unanimously.
You can read this speech here, and the resolution here.
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The culmination of four years' work on the ETF Women's Committee, and the launch of the next four years.
An assembly of women transport trade unionists from across Europe, meeting in Barcelona.
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Brussels.
Amongst other things, we will be looking at the results of our Violence Against Women Transport Workers survey, and preparing for our four-yearly conference in Barcelona in 2017.
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I proper hate those Tube strikers
they've well messed up my day
I'm late for tea at City Hall
I walked most of the way
And then found out the CEO
had nicked my parking bay
On every other day I don't
give them a second thought
They work to run the railway safely?
Nothing of the sort!
I know they're lazy bastards 'cos
I saw the news report
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COUNTRY REPORTS
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Jean-Louis Colson (on the right of the photo) from DG-MOVE - the European Commission's Directorate General on transport - outlined the Commission's work on women and transport, and the consultation it is currently running.
For the Commission, the main 'challenge' is that not enough women work in transport. Only 22% of transport workers are women, across all 28 EU member stations (the Commission's document states that "22% of women work in the transport sector" but this is incorrect; the statistic is as I give it here). It is even more unbalanced in certain transport sectors: road and rail workforces are only 14% women; air transport is a bit better, with 38% women. Jobs within transport are also unbalanced: in the rail industry, 60% of human resources staff are women, but only 3% of drivers.
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Daniela Zlatova of Bulgarian transport trade union FTTUB gave an impressive account of the union's efforts and achievements in involving women.
FTTUB :
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Contact me: j.booth@rmt.org.uk
1. Disabled People Against Cuts held a week of action to coincide with the Paralympic Games. During the week, DPAC attended our Southern Rail picket line. Disabled campaigners have compiled a report alleging that Southern's plans to remove guards breach the Equality Act in making its services less accessible to disabled passengers.
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As London Underground launches all-night running on two lines at weekends, a special squad of cleaners has a special task ...
The Tube's come up with a spiffing scheme
The train stays in service and the bosses beam
But it's not as fun as it might seem
For the Bodily Fluids Interception Team
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... with a nod to W.H.Auden's The Night Train ...