Marxist. Trade Unionist. Socialist-feminist. Author. Poet. Speaker. Tutor. RMT ex-Exec. Workers' Liberty. Autie. Bi. PUFC fan.
Working nine-to-five, round-the-clock shifts, only when the boss wants you or not working at all …
This course will now take place online. A week-long course for RMT reps and members about mental health in the workplace at the union’s National Education Centre in Doncaster. Register via the union’s website or your branch secretary.
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
At Labour party conference, I spoke in the debate about local government, shortly after London Mayor Sadiq Khan had spoken. This is the second part of what I said. “I’ve worked on London Underground stations for nearly 25 years, and … Read More
Assignment written for the Postgraduate Certificate in Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Sheffield Hallam University. WHY DOES WORK NOT WORK FOR US? How and why is employment hostile to autistic people? How useful are the main autism theories in explaining … Read More
First published as a blog post for the TUC’s ‘Stronger Unions’ on 23 November 2016: Most autistic people want to work, but often encounter difficulties in the workplace which employers can address better. Author and workplace trade union representative … Read More
Janine is among the speakers as RMT’s London Transport Region hosts a panel focusing on women’s health and safety in the workplace, for International Workers Memorial Day. Broadcasting live on RMT London Transport Region’s channel — specific meeting details for … Read More
The week-long Disability in the Workplace course goes online, every Monday for five weeks!
Janine is tutoring this week-long course for RMT members at the union’s National Education Centre in Doncaster.
This is what Janine said in the debate about Reasonable Adjustments for Disabled Workers at the TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference on 11 March 2021. I’ll start with what might be a provocative statement: Reasonable adjustments for individual workers … Read More
This is the text of my contribution to the debate at TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference on 10 March 2019. Hi. I’m Janine Booth, representing RMT. Our members work in the rail, road transport, shipping and offshore energy industries. I want to … Read More
After Come to Milton Keynes by Paul Weller Me and the rest of the company grunts, we know for sure that we are being used as fodder for the god of profit, doff the cap to ownership, it seems … Read More
Published in Solidarity 562: A TUC report, Dying on the job: racism and risk at work, has revealed the deep-seated racism that underlies the higher impact of Covid-19 on black and minority ethnic (BME) people, but its proposals fall well … Read More
Britain needs pickers We have a picking drought Particularly since we’ve kicked our usual pickers out So pick yourself up and dust yourself down Pick up a lift heading out of your town Here’s your harvest basket – fill it! … Read More
I’m Janine Booth. I’m autistic, and I write and deliver training courses to trade unionists and others about autism and neurodiversity. As part of the courses, we look at real-life case studies of neurodivergent workers’ experiences. It is important to … Read More
This is a poem to tell you your rights, if you find yourself working at dangerous sites So please brush up your knowledge and uphold the law – know that workers at risk have the right to withdraw So if … Read More
Teachers say: Let Daily Mail writers be heroes Let them walk naked through war zones Let them battle with an invisible enemy Let them fall on the battlefield in even greater numbers than they already have Safe in the knowledge … Read More
Launching a week of Songs and Speakouts for Safe and Equal, Janine broadcasts live from the Safe and Equal campaign’s Facebook page, in support of its fight for safe working conditions and full isolation pay for all. Join us for … Read More
This is a partcularly poignant year for the annual Workers’ Memorial Day, with key workers dying in the fight against Covid-19. Janine will be contributing some poems as Waltham Forest Trades Council remembers the dead and rededicates itself to fight … Read More
personal protective equipment proves particularly effective preventing pandemic excretion polluting public environments profit pursuers expect priority, private enterprise prevails: purchasing essentials proves prohibitively expensive production postponed, exhausted public protectors endangered political patent expired pay packets empty premier’s proxy explains ‘patience, … Read More