RMT News: Spend on SEND!
Submitted by Janine on
Published in RMT News, October 2019
By Janine Booth, RMT Disabled Members’ Advisory Committee Chair
Disability rights
Disabled people campaigning for rights - for access, benefits, services and equality; against discrimination, cuts, prejudice and pity!
Report: TUC Disabled Workers' Committee, 9 October 2019
Submitted by Janine on
Accessible Transport
I will be convening the committee’s accessible transport working group, which will also include Elane Heffernan (UCU), Colleen Johnson (NEU) and Austin Harney (PCS).
We already have a campaign plan, which will now be updated.
The Committee agreed to support RMT DMAC’s day of action against London Overground ticket office cuts on 1 November.
Speaking about Labour's Autism / Neurodiversity Manifesto on the Isle of Wight
Submitted by Janine on
09/11/2019 - 11:00
Venue: The Green Room’, Salisbury Gardens, Dudley Rd, Ventnor P038 8 1EJ.
The Isle of Wight Labour Party welcomes Janine Booth, who will be discussing Labour’s Autism and Neurodivergent Manifesto at an event that is open to the public as well as Labour Party members.
At its launch in February 2019, Janine stated that this Manifesto would be,
Poeting at 'Disabled and Proud' festival
Submitted by Janine on
30/11/2019 - 18:00
Venue: Woolwich Central Library, SE18 6HQ
Guest post: 'Autistic-friendly' employers may not be what they seem
Submitted by Janine on
There is an increasing number of companies which explicitly employ autistic people, promising to value their work and provide suitable working conditions. This has been widely welcomed.
But what are the experiences of autistic workers in these companies?
On this website, I will be hosting guest posts to give a platform to these workers and allow people to see behind the headlines.
The first is from V, in Paris.
Report: TUC Disabled Workers' Committee meeting, 17 July 2019
Submitted by Janine on
Disabled Workers’ Conference decisions
We considered how to best carry out the decisions of the TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference. We agreed that the most effective way to do this was by establishing working groups on various policy areas. Committee members volunteered to convene groups, and a circular will be sent out asking other Committee members to volunteer to join these groups.
A Social Model of Neurodiversity at Work
Submitted by Janine on
Fatima’s autism makes her hypersensitive to bright lights, so she can’t work in our office, poor thing.
OR
The bright lights in our office make Fatima distressed as she is autistic and unusually sensitive to light. She can work here if we turn them down.
Video: Why Special Educational Needs funding is a trade union issue
Submitted by Janine on
Speaking out about deaths in care
Submitted by Janine on
Janine proposing a motion condemning deaths of autistic and learning disabled people in care, at TUC Disabled Workers' Conference in May 2019.
***
On 21 March this year, an inquest ruled that the death of Colette McCulloch was avoidable.
Colette was thirty-five years old when she died. She was autistic, and in a hostile society, she had become mentally unwell.
To fight for disabled rights, scrap all anti-union laws!
Submitted by Janine on
This is Janine's speech seconding the motion on the Trade Union Act at TUC Disabled Workers' Conference 2019. The motion was passed unanimously.
===
RMT welcomes PCS’ motion and its focus on electronic balloting. Our amendment extends this discussion to the rest of the Trade Union Act and to the rest of the anti-union laws.
Under UK law, we can not take lawful industrial action except in so-called ‘trade disputes’:
Pages
