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Rail union RMT supports new anti-war coalition RESPECT

Chris Edwards | 12.04.2004 15:17 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | Liverpool

Local branches of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are supporting the new anti-war coalition RESPECT. RMT members at Virgin Trains catering staff, Piccadilly Station, Manchester, are currently on strike...

To see a video clip of the picket line and some interviews with members of RMT and RESPECT, go to:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/04/1677136.php

Since the RMT national union conference democratised its political fund last year, local branches of the union have voted to support a new coalition that came out of the anti-war movement--RESPECT. Two branches in Manchester and three in London have already voted to support RESPECT.

The union had already supported the Scottish Socilaist Party (SSP) last year and this resulted in it being disaffiliated from the Labour Party some months ago. But until now, no political organisation in England and Wales appeared credible enough to gain support from this trades union. The launch of RESPECT has changed all of that and this means that the anti-racist and anti-war left can begin to offer a real, properly financed, electoral opposiiton ot the fascist British national Party and the Blairite warmongers..

This clips shows RMT catering staff working for Virgin Travel out on strike at Manchester's main rail station--Piccadilly. It feature interviews with an RMT spokesperson and also a RESPECT supporter explaining the party's support for the strikers.

Chris Edwards

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what a waste — for the working class
Balance — pingupete
For a fight against the BNP — Naomi
Simplistic and wrong — Gill
RESPECT is not starting from zero — Mandy
RESPECT does have an MP--the Greens do not — Billy
Useful Info — pingupete
Respect are a waste of time — David jeff
Do you want this monster as your MEP? — Anti-fascist
weg — geqr
Here we go again — The Snake
hmmm — realistic
lets have less “my dad’s bigger than you dad” arguments. — Andy

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