Work

Jeremy Westlake

has the second best take

He's in charge of the cash

and makes sure he gets a big stash

Andrew Haines

carefully explains

That his £593,000 pay is not a perk -

He really is worth twenty of the people who do the actual work

---

*Chief Executive Officer of Network Rail

A poem about this

Nicky from Network Rail
says that to get work and not fail
to make yourself a mint,
not be skint
- come on, take the hint -

Pompous & Opulent
Prosperous & Ostentatious
Profiteering & On-the-take

Parsimonious & Obstinate
Penny-pinching & 'Orrible
Private & Obscene

Perfidious & Odious
Poisonous & Objectionable
Punishing & Oppressive

Petition & Organise
Protest & Outrage
Picket & Occupy

Public & Ownership.

The TUC's Disabled Members' Committee has made this statement: Accessible public transport is essential for disabled people to participate in society on an equal and independent basis. To be genuinely accessible, public transport must be adequately staffed by workers with decent standards of training, pay, conditions and security of employment.

Janine's opening remarks at the TUC Disabled Workers' Conference panel discussion on Accessibility As Standard Not 'As Required': building accessible workplaces for all, on Monday 21 March 2022.

Which is better?

A. A wheelchair user arrives at their new workplace, enters it and starts work.

Janine's contribution to the debate on shiftwork at TUC Women's Conference 2022.

Read the text here.

At this year's TUC Women's Conference, one of the motions we debated was about working shifts, particularly women's safety on late shifts. This was my contribution to the debate.

You can watch the video of this speech here.

I'm Janine Booth, RMT, and I've worked on London Underground for over 25 years.

An assessment of trade unions as drivers of positive change for autistic people at work, written as an assignment for Postgraduate Certificate in Autism and Asperger Syndrome 

[Note: this is not advocating a union for autistic workers, but assessing the potential of existing unions!]

Published in Solidarity 610, 20 October 2021.

The Night Tube in London will resume on two lines from 27 November, in a move promoted as ensuring safety for women. However, the reality is more complex, and women’s safety requires increased Night Tube staffing.