RMT Health and Safety reps, Tony Bowers and Charles Fisher at Network Rail's Kent Route Safety and Wellbeing event in Bromley today.
Our union's history is steeped in the fight to protect the health and safety of workers and the tireless work of our Health & Safety reps should be applauded.
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The Labour leadership continues its grim march to erode civil liberties under the guise of maintaining public order. A depressing strategy aimed at silencing challenges to the status quo, especially from movements for international solidarity and environmental justice.

Great day out viewing and discussing practical ancient woodland management at West Wood, Thundersley, with very knowledgeable and enthusiastic Rochford & Southend Local Group of Essex Wildlife Trust. Coppicing, glades and rides, oh my!

One million people have already signed a petition against ID cards.

If we’re serious about rebuilding trust, this is the last place to start.

It's like deciding to become a pacifist and then walking into your roughest local pub and knocking everyone's pints out of their hands.

Pride in Place is good news for Shoebury and Southend, so long as local people lead from day one, projects include long-term maintenance, and spend stays local through co-ops and SMEs.

Priorities: libraries and community spaces, green spaces, youth facilities, revitalising the local shopping hubs.

As we now move into the colder months, households use more energy. Prices are still high and wages haven’t caught up, so many families will be under pressure to make ends meet.

So check what support you're entitled to > betteroffcalculator.co.uk

No one should go without essentials.

UK climate leadership means our Prime Minister showing up. You go to Belém to push tougher targets and for real support to manage climate impacts already hitting our communities, transport, and cost of living. If Reform jeer and sling insults, isn't that proof you’re doing the right thing... #COP30

Digital ID’s promised benefits are small; most of this is already in place. But the downsides are real; vulnerable people will be shut out & mission creep is almost certain. Rights & public service, please, not a universal key that ties your life together for the state, techbros, and multinationals.

The ultra-rich are worried. Not about hospitals. Not about housing. Not about working families or rising inequality. But about the possibility of losing a small fraction of a fortune so vast it’s hard to comprehend. #TaxWealthNotWork #MakeThemPay

www.theguardian.com/business/202....

In the past decade alone, the richest 1% have gained $33.9 trillion.

That’s enough to end global poverty - 22 times over.

Read the new Oxfam report: oi-files-d8-prod.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/...