Better Working Conditions

Defending your Pensions

A Professional Trade Union

About 50 delegates and members were at the RMT South East Regional Council’s AGM in January to mark the end of an era. President Bill Martin and Secretary Ron Ward were both standing down from their posts after lifetimes of service to the trades’ union movement.

Bill has been President of Council for the last eight years. He was also Company Council representative for Conductors on Southeastern for many years, playing an important part in the long battle to resist DOO. Before he joined the railway Bill was a miner in the Kent pits and played an active part in the famous 1984 miners strike.

Ron was a driver at Hastings, on the odd days when he was not representing members at hearings – he has saved more members’ jobs than we can count. He has been Secretary of Council since it was set up in the 1990’s.

Their leadership of the Regional Council will be greatly missed in the future, but we look forward to them giving their energies and experience to our active retired section.

They were presented with engraved RMT hip flasks by former RMT President Tony Donaghey, an old friend of the Regional Council.

A presentation was also made by Regional Organiser Paul Cox to Chris Fuller, a regular delegate from Dover Shipping Branch, who has retired. He is still busy helping our shipping members and he will be representing retired members at Council.

Please click the RMT logo for the Photo page, of the recent South East Regional Council AGM.