RMT threatened by disaffiliation, calls special conference
The RMT rail union will hold a Special General Meeting in Glasgow on February 6 to discuss the future of its political fund, the union's executive has decided. The move follows receipt of correspondence from the Labour Party stating that the union's decision to allow branches to affiliate to the Scottish Socialist Party, in line with last year's AGM decisions, is inconsistent with the union's national affiliation to the Labour Party. "Last year's annual meeting enshrined our affiliation to Labour in RMT's rules and agreed that branches should be free to support other organisations and...