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YOUNG RMT members have vowed to increase efforts to organise workplace apprentices.
Delegates at the union’s annual conference in Manchester voted for the creation of an apprentice officer to oversee the work of organising apprentices in every region.
East Ham delegate and young members advisory committee member Lorna Tooley said: “Apprentices are at high risk of exploitation, bullying and dismissal, as well as low wages and poor conditions.
Working-class women lead the fight for fair work and equitable pay and against sexual harassment, the rise of the far right and years of failed austerity policies, writes ROZ FOYER
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
Sisters came together last weekend for the landmark launch of a new women’s group. ROS SITWELL reports