Political Fund Ballot

Dear Colleague 

 

To: All RMT Members 

 

One week to go until RMT Political Fund Ballot. Vote YES so your union can keep campaigning to defend YOUR interests. Your Union. Your Voice. 

 

I am writing to remind you that in one-week RMT will begin the Political Fund Ballot. 

 

This is a vital union ballot and members are urged to Vote YES keep the RMT Political Fundso that RMT can continue to campaign to defend and advance your interests at work. 

 

Remember the ballot is not about political affiliation or whether you personally pay into the Political Fund. Members already have the right to opt out of the fund. 

 

Instead, you are voting on the basic right to keep the Political Fund so that RMT can continue to campaign to defend and advance your interests at work. 

 

Your Political Fund is used to support a number of campaigns that affect RMT members at the workplace, these include: 

 

•           Better pay with reduced hours

•           Defending jobs and conditions 

•           Protecting pensions 

•           More rights at work

•           Improved health and safety

 

Other good examples include your Political Fund being used to support campaigns to oppose ticket office closures, defeat anti-union minimum services legislation and also campaign for new employment rights for workers after the P&O scandal. 

 

In the last RMT Political Fund ballot in 2014 RMT members voted by a resounding 96% in favour to keep the Political Fund.

 

Let’s work again for a massive YES vote and send a clear message that your union will keep campaigning to defend and improve your interests. 

 

Voting papers will be sent directly to members’ homes or to another address which you have requested in writing that the union treats as your postal address.  Any member who has changed their home address or wishes their ballot paper to be sent to a different address and has not yet notified the union, should contact the RMT Helpline on 0800 376 3706, or email info@rmt.org.uk.  The ballot closes on 21^st October 2024. 

 

YOUR UNION. YOUR VOICE. USE IT, DON'T LOSE IT

 

Remember, without the Political Fund we will lose our political voice. We will not be able to run political campaigns on the issues that affect you at the workplace. Employers are not required to have a Political Fund and can spend millions lobbying against your interests. That is why it is vital you VOTE YES to keep the Political Fund. 

 

More information on the Political Fund ballot and campaign materials to help builds the YES vote can be found here   https://bit.ly/3X7LPN0

 

SUPPORT YOUR UNION. VOTE YES IN THE POLITICAL FUND BALLOT.