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Workplace Industrial Representatives Our union structures has many vital cogs in its machinery, but none more so than our workplace industrial reps, They are the vital cog that makes your NEC, Lead officer and National officers aware of the problems you and your colleagues face within your workplace. Workplace industrial reps are trained and ready to respond when you are likely to need help most and can advise how to access and utilise your RMT membership in full. As a workplace industrial and forces employer rep, you’ll learn how to engagement. If you don’t provide advice and have a workplace rep, you’re representation on sending the green light to employment rights and terms employers to attack you and conditions, you will be terms and conditions and educated by the union in how impose what they wish, if you to represent members at don’t have a rep why not disciplinary and grievance volunteer yourself? We have hearings and be RMT’s to be more organised than we conduit in your workplace ever have and that starts with promoting equality, have well trained, well recruitment and union supported reps on every Sean Miskimmon, training. watch on every vessel. RMT National I was an industrial rep for If you’re standing back Executive member – over 10 years, at times I felt a waiting for someone else, Maritime Region 2 huge responsibility dealing you’re part of the problem. with members and often The RMT will provide you friend’s issues, but nothing is more with all the training you need, you will be rewarding than getting a member supported with everything at our disposal, reinstated, a good settlement or fixing an so lets improve how organised we are on injustice onboard your vessel. Nothing is every vessel by maximising the amount of more satisfying than being part of a strong reps we have and working together as a collective and being trusted by your peers collective to best represent you and your to be the person they want representing colleagues. them in these circumstances. I can be contacted at A well organised workplace on average s.miskimmon@rmt.org.uk for more earns 28% better wages than a noninformation about becoming involved unionised workplace, is safer place to work as a representative.
Issue 11 – December 2022
In this issue ...
4
The importance of local dialogue
6
Who are Lagan Marine?
13
1965 AGM
15
Get Active, Get Involved
20
Health & Safety Matters
25
National Policy update