National Campaign to Protect Catering - RMT Regional Campaign Meetings

Head Office Circular: NP/307/21
19 August 2021

To: The Secretary
ALL BRANCHES WITH CATERING GRADES MEMBERS
REGIONAL COUNCILS

Dear Colleague

RMT has long campaigned against attempts by Government and train companies to cut catering jobs, remove the buffet from trains and casualise the catering workforce. Whilst the threats to catering grades, of course, pre-date Covid-19, it is clear that Government and companies are attempting to use the pandemic to attack catering grades jobs, pay and conditions.

It is vital that all catering grades are well organised to fight these attacks and that RMT has a visible presence in all workplaces.

Therefore, as part of the Union’s National Campaign to Protect Catering, meetings have been scheduled in each region. The purpose of these meetings is to ensure that catering grades members are organised across each region and to plan how we will fight attacks on catering grades and protect your jobs, pay and conditions and recruit new members and fill rep vacancies.

The meetings are open to all RMT catering grades members, reps and local officers, including those employed by agencies or on outsourced contracts.

The meetings will be taking place online from 6pm – 8pm on the following dates:

 

London & Anglia Regional Council
14th September
Manchester & North West Regional Council
29th September
Midland Regional Council
16th September
North East Regional Council
30th September
North West & North Wales Regional Council
23rd September
Scotland Regional Council
21st September
South East Regional Council
5th October
South Wales & West Regional Council
6th October 
South West Regional Council
27th September
Wessex Regional Council
12th October 
Yorks & Lincs Regional Council
13th October 
 

Everyone wishing to attend their region’s meeting should register online here - https://bit.ly/3iZ3JxK

Please do all you can to attend the meeting in your region, and please share details of the meeting with catering grades members in your area.

If you have any questions about the meetings please email Sophie Ward, National Policy Officer (s.ward@rmt.org.uk).



Yours sincerely


Michael Lynch
General Secretary