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Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union general secretary Mick Lynch speaks during a protest opposite Downing Street, London, over the proposed closure of railway station ticket offices, August 31, 2023
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has urged people to vote out the Tories but prepare for a decade of struggle under a Labour government.
Giving his keynote address at the union’s Hull AGM today, Mr Lynch credited RMT members for showing a “combative spirit” against the hostility of the Tory government, securing a pay deal and keeping ticket offices open.
He said: “Last year the challenges were piling up, with our members and our union being attacked on all fronts.
It is only trade union power at work that will materially improve the lot of working people as a class but without sector-wide collective bargaining and a right to take sympathetic strike action, we are hamstrung in the fight to tilt back the balance of power, argues ADRIAN WEIR
‘People up and down the country are asking whose side is the Labour government on and coming up with the answer: not workers,’ Unite general secretary Sharon Graham says
Our members face daily abuse, being spat at, sometimes even deadly assaults, and employers fail to take the issue seriously despite the increasing danger, writes RMT general secretary EDDIE DEMPSEY
