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From The Socialist newspaper, 16 October 2019
- RMT union executive committee ballot
RMT: Jared Wood - Fighting cuts, defending jobs, pay and conditions
photo Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge)
Ballot papers will be posted to RMT transport union members this week to fill a seat on the union's executive committee from the London transport region.
Jared Wood, a Socialist Party member, is standing for election on a fighting programme to defend jobs, pay and working conditions.
Jared has a proven record of building strike action and successful negotiations, and campaigning for a democratic, member-led union to fight cuts and privatisation.
Jared has been nominated by ten branches and enjoys the support in this election of many RMT lead representatives on the industrial relations functional councils.
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In The Socialist 16 October 2019:
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Low pay
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RMT: Jared Wood - Fighting cuts, defending jobs, pay and conditions
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Trade unionists discuss climate change
Pressure needed to force secret police disclosure
International socialist news and analysis
Uprising in Ecuador forces government climbdown
Catalonia: Mass protests against punitive political jailings
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