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Finsbury Park 0543 |
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About Us |
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As well as workplace representation, RMT members also enjoy a wide range of benefits
RMT News sent direct to your home address
Full access to 'members only' area of RMT web site
Annual diary
Branch and other meetings.
About the RMT RMT is an independent trade union with roots going back to the 1870s. Our 70,000 members represent workers from rail, shipping, road and associated industries. We negotiate on their behalf with some 150 employers. Our aim as the largest specialist transport trade union is to protect and promote our members' interests in every part of the transport industry by: - Negotiating to improve their pay and conditions - Ensuring health and safety is at the forefront of working practices - Encouraging employers to adopt best practice in relation to Equal Opportunities - Being first choice for members delivering high quality and cost effective services - Advancing policies, through political and industrial influence to promote better public transport Our members belong to 270 Branches that, in turn, are grouped under 11 Regional Councils. All have the opportunity to play a full part in the life and policy formation of the union. Finsbury Park 0543 Branch represents all grades of London Underground staff predominately drawn from the Victoria and Piccadilly lines.
Benefits (all subject to rule) The required forms for claims can be obtained from your Branch Secretary.
Accident benefit Accident benefit of £26.50 per week for up to 26 weeks is payable if the member is injured in the course of employment, or travelling to or from work. Payable at the end of incapacity, or after 26 weeks, whichever is the sooner. No claim shall be entertained unless a report of the circumstances of the case is given to your Branch Secretary within six months of the date of the accident.
Death benefit Death benefit of £500 is payable to the nearest relative or legal representative if death occurs through any cause prior to retirement.
Orphan benefit Orphan benefit of £10 per week per child up to 16 years of age and £12.75 per week per child continuing to receive full-time education up to 22 years of age, payable on member's death.
Retirement On retirement at normal age, or earlier if permanently incapacitated due to ill health or retired under redundancy and resettlement arrangements when over 55 years of age, benefit calculated at the rate of £3 for each completed year's membership between 1 January 1965 and 31 August 2003 (and completed years' membership of the Disablement Fund prior to 1965), and at £5 for each completed year of membership after 1 September 2003
Permanent downgrading or demotion £300 on permanent downgrading or demotion due to personal accident, sickness or physical defect. |
