RMTnews
:: december 2006 :: www.rmt.org.uk
LINCOLN CELEBRATES 320 YEARS OF SERVICE
incoln no1 branch chairman Dudley Bunning presented three members, Rex Beech, Pete Lewis and Colin Fields with 40year awards at a social event recently. Eight members receiving 25-year awards were Keith Adams, Lou Chan, Mark Cuppleditch, Tom Hirons, Simon Kemp, Mark Perry, Tony Day and Don Turner. Branch secretary Ade Wildsmith passed on the thanks of the union for the loyal support all these members had given and food and drinks followed.
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Pictured left to right: Ade Wildsmith, Colin Fields, Keith Adams, Tony Day, Lou Chan, chair Dudley Bunning and Pete Lewis.
WELFARE – THE POOR RELATION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY reparations are well underway for the first of the RMT’s National Conferences for 2007. The fifth National Health and Safety Conference will be held at the Cliffs Hotel in Blackpool on Thursday March 15 2007. Delegate nomination forms and requests for motions have been sent out and health and safety reps who wish to attend conference should see their branch secretary for a form. Conference is held under the banner of a
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particular theme. This year the Health and Safety Advisory Committee have chosen the theme “welfare – the poor relation of health and safety”. The meeting is open to all RMTaccredited health and safety representatives from all sectors in which the union organises. It is an ideal opportunity to meet reps from other industries, hear speakers on the conference theme and debate general health and safety resolutions submitted by branches.
Speakers confirmed to attend so far include Hilda Palmer from Greater Manchester Hazards Centre and Dr Olivia Carlton, Head of LUL’s Occupational Health and Safety Unit and a representative from HMRI. Branches who wish to submit motions, which should be relevant to the transport sector as a whole, for debate at conference should do so by the end of January 2007.