Clerihew: Grant Shapps
Grant Shapps
He talks and he craps
But often gets confused
About which end he's used
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That National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (UK). I have been a member since 1997, and served on the union's national executive 2011-13.
Grant Shapps
He talks and he craps
But often gets confused
About which end he's used
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 -
If you are an RMT member and are interested in attending this course, please contact your branch secretary.
If you are an RMT member and would like to attend this residential course in Doncaster, please contact your branch secretary.
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.
… and why it matters today
By Janine Booth, published in RMT News.
The two biggest employers in the east London borough of Poplar one hundred years were the railways and the docks. Our forerunner unions had plenty of members there. Their jobs involved long hours and low pay, but they were unionised, so they were fighting for, and winning, improvements.
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.