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RMT Disabled Members

Janine is the founding Chair of transport trade union RMT's Disabled Members' Advisory Committee.

This section of the site includes information about the campaigns and issues that RMT disabled members are taking up. You may also like to check out the disabled members section of RMT's website and the disabled members' section of the RMT London Calling website.    

1920 Blind March: a centenary to celebrate

Submitted by Janine on 03 October 2020 at 18:10

This article was published in RMT News, September 2020.

By Janine Booth, Chair of RMT National Disabled Members’ Advisory Committee

One hundred years ago, two hundred and fifty blind people from across the UK marched from Newport, Manchester and Leeds to London in protest at poverty and poor working conditions.

Report: TUC Disabled Workers' Committee, 9 October 2019

Submitted by Janine on 06 November 2019 at 13:46

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.

Report: TUC Disabled Workers' Committee meeting, 17 July 2019

Submitted by Janine on 26 July 2019 at 21:49

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.