Head Office Circular: NP/200/21
08 June 2021
To: The Secretary
ALL RAIL, LONDON UNDERGROND AND METRO BRANCHES
REGIONAL COUNCILS
Dear Colleague
RMT has long campaigned against attempts by Government and train companies to cut station staffing, close ticket offices and casualise the workforce under the Staff our Stations campaign. Whilst the threats to station grades, of course, pre-date Covid-19, it is clear that Government and companies are attempting to use the pandemic to attack station grades jobs, pay and conditions.
It is vital that all station grades are well organised to fight these attacks and that RMT has a visible presence in all workplaces.
Therefore, as part of the Staff our Stations campaign, meetings have been scheduled in each region. The purpose of these meetings is to ensure that station grades members are organised across each region and to plan how we will fight attacks on station grades and protect jobs, pay and conditions and recruit new members.
The meetings are open to all RMT station grades members, reps and local officers in the rail, London Underground and metro sectors, 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
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Wednesday 23rd June
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London Transport Regional Council
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Wednesday 30th June
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Manchester & North West Regional Council
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Wednesday 7th July
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Midland Regional Council
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Monday 12th July
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North East Regional Council
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Monday 19th July
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North West & North Wales Regional Council
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Monday 26th July
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Scotland Regional Council
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Monday 2nd August
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South East Regional Council
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Monday 9th August
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South Wales & South West Regional Council
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Monday 16th August
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South West Regional Council
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Monday 6th September
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Wessex Regional Council
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Friday 10th September
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Yorks & Lincs Regional Council
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Tuesday 29th June
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Anyone wishing to attend their region’s meeting should register online here - https://bit.ly/2S9Tjke
Please do all you can to attend the meeting in your region, and please share details of the meeting with station 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