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Author Topic: Leadership of the RMT - Bob Crow, succeeded by Mick Cash (ongoing discussion)  (Read 37535 times)
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« Reply #60 on: September 24, 2014, 15:31:34 »

Mr Cash said, "I am proud and honoured to have been given the enormous responsibility of now taking our fighting and militant union forwards..."


I suspect the enormous salary was quite an attraction too!!!



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« Reply #61 on: September 24, 2014, 15:53:43 »

Wonder if he inherited Crow's Council house too (which in my mind, was the worst abuse of social housing)
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« Reply #62 on: September 24, 2014, 16:09:49 »

Having seen "militant" used many times, I wondered what the definition was ...

"Favouring confrontational or violent methods in support of a political or social cause." says Google.   Other definitions seem very much of the same genre.  To my simplistic mind, it seems a huge shame that we / they live in an environment where confrontation rather than (?)cooperation, and violent rather than (?) peaceful methods are those highlighted by their tag line.
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« Reply #63 on: December 28, 2014, 23:01:47 »

Mick Cash has indeed taken on Bob Crow's style.  From Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard:

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Rail union's day of action to fight First Great Western plans to cut staff and axe buffet cars

Rail union RMT (National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers) will be stepping up the campaign to fight plans that would lead to the axing of buffet cars, on-board staff and maintenance workers on First Great Western with a series of events on January 5 in response to moves the union has blasted as ^ushering in an ^Upstairs-Downstairs^ service on Inter-City services while British passengers pay the highest fares in Europe.^

First Great Western is the major operator of trains through Kemble station.

As part of the on-going RMT campaign to defend jobs, services and safety on First Great Western and East Coast events will take place on Januray 5 from 7am until 9am at Bath Spa, Bristol Temple Meads, Exeter, Paddington, Plymouth and Swansea protesting about the configuration of the new Inter City Fleet trains.

RMT has been battling against proposals for driver-only operation and the removal of buffet cars and their replacement by a trolley service only catering facility, the sacking and reducing of the safety critical operational role of train guards /conductors as well as station de-staffing and ticket office closures.

The union has also objected to proposals that could see the loss of skilled safety critical train maintenance jobs as part of the deal.

RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said ;‎ ^RMT will be hitting the ground running right from the start of the New Year with a ramping up of the campaign against cuts to jobs and services on First Great Western on the day that Britain gets back to business after the extended festive break.

^This Government of the rich, for the rich and by the rich now intend to introduce an ^Upstairs-Downstairs^ service on Britain^s long haul rail services which would condemn the vast majority to pay through the nose to travel in rammed-out carriages where the catering trolley is jammed at one end while the elite glide through the country like extras from Downton Abbey.

"This move has got the stamp of Cameron, Osborne and the posh boys from the Bullingdon Club plastered all over it. RMT believes that all rail users deserve a high quality service and that means employing the staff to deliver that rather than cutting corners to maximise profits and targeting what^s left at the rich.

^RMT is throwing it^s full resources and industrial and political clout in 2015 behind the fight to stop this attack on jobs, services and safety arising from the introduction of the Inter-City fleet on both the East Coast and the Great Western routes.

"These new Hitachi trains have been explicitly commissioned by the Government to allow the sacking of on-board staff, the axing of buffet cars and have left a question mark hanging over the future of the existing maintenance depots.

^RMT^s campaign will point out the public that they have a massive stake in this drive to milk the Inter-City routes for every penny the private companies can extract. They would be forced to pay higher fares to travel on crowded and unsafe trains where they will struggle to even get a drink of water on a long haul journey.

"We will be calling on the passengers to join us in piling pressure on their MP (Member of Parliament)^s to reverse this latest assault on rail services and jobs in the name of private greed.^

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First Great Western is the major operator of trains through Kemble station.

That was inserted just to give the piece some local context, apparently. Tongue
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« Reply #64 on: December 29, 2014, 05:50:30 »

Strong words from Mr. Cash.  However, I was pretty unimpressed when I saw him do a media interview the other day as he looked flustered, nervous and unsure of himself when answering pretty simple questions.

No doubt he'll become more media savvy in the future, but I didn't get the impression of strong charismatic leadership that will be required.
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« Reply #65 on: December 29, 2014, 13:17:36 »

Rumours around that the RMT (National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers) does have some kind of resue plan that doesn't involve renatiionalisation....I wonder what?
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« Reply #66 on: January 01, 2015, 11:30:33 »

Strong words from Mr. Cash.  However, I was pretty unimpressed when I saw him do a media interview the other day as he looked flustered, nervous and unsure of himself when answering pretty simple questions.

No doubt he'll become more media savvy in the future, but I didn't get the impression of strong charismatic leadership that will be required.
Quite a deplorably poor performance from Mr Cash.  Did himself and the RMT (National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers) no favours at all.  Politicians must have been rolling with laughter.  Astounded a leader with so much public attention would agree to do that sort of interview without his PR (Public Relations)/media assistant.  Saddened to see it.
For the record I am a RMT member - that interview harmed the union.
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« Reply #67 on: January 01, 2015, 11:40:15 »

Yep, my thoughts entirely.

And it seems he hasn't learned either / no obe's spoken to him about it - because he's repeated pretty much all of it live on R5 Live last night. Definitely a live interview
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