| Re: Mick Lynch announces retirement as head of RMT Posted by Clan Line at 10:59, 10th January 2025 |     |
One more dinosaur extinct! 
That is rather unkind................dinosaurs wouldn't have walked on the snow either
| Re: Mick Lynch announces retirement as head of RMT Posted by Electric train at 07:20, 10th January 2025 | |
One more dinosaur extinct!
Mick Lynch is respected by many senior railway executives, which might surprise many outside the industry. What the public do not see and the media do not want to report on is the highly collaborative approach the RMT has within the industry under Mick Lync leadership, it is only when the big hand of Government gets involved that things sometimes goes wrong.
He is elected to represent the views of the paying membership of the RMT, that membership is unlikely to elect a new leader that the media would regard as a moderate.
Note I am not a member of the RMT or in fact any TU
| Re: Mick Lynch announces retirement as head of RMT Posted by grahame at 17:13, 9th January 2025 | |
Typical! I posted mine within seconds of grahame posting his! I've simply merged them here, with apologies for the overlap. 
Great minds!
| Re: Mick Lynch announces retirement as head of RMT Posted by TaplowGreen at 16:39, 9th January 2025 | |
One more dinosaur extinct!
| Re: Mick Lynch announces retirement as head of RMT Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 16:34, 9th January 2025 | |
Typical! I posted mine within seconds of grahame posting his! I've simply merged them here, with apologies for the overlap.
| Mick Lynch announces retirement as head of RMT Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 16:28, 9th January 2025 | |
From the BBC:
Mick Lynch, head of the country's largest railway union, has announced his retirement.
He became general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers in 2021, and under his leadership the union staged a series of strikes over pay in 2022 and 2023, culminating in a deal with the new Labour government this summer.
Feted by supporters for his straight-talking style, he was attacked by critics for his £84,000 salary and for the disruption caused by the union's industrial action.
In a statement, Mr Lynch did not give a reason for standing down but said it had "been a privilege to serve this union for over 30 years in all capacities", adding it was now "time for change". Mr Lynch will stay in his role until May, when RMT members elect a new general secretary.
He said there was a need for a strong union for rail workers, but that a strong organisation needed "renewal and change". He said he was proud of serving the union, adding: "This union has been through a lot of struggles in recent years, and I believe that it has only made it stronger despite all the odds."
At 16, he left school and trained to be an electrician, before finding work in construction. As industrial action ebbed and flowed in the 1980s, Mr Lynch became involved in a breakaway union and was secretly blacklisted by constructions companies, leaving him struggling to find work for years.
When the blacklist was exposed decades later, Mr Lynch was compensated with a cheque for £35,000, a copy of which hangs framed on his office wall. He went on to found the Electrical and Plumbing Industries Union (EPIU) in 1988, before joining the RMT.
He took charge of the RMT at a time of deep internal divisions. Mr Lynch's predecessor as general secretary, Mick Cash, retired in 2020 after six years in the job, blaming a "campaign of harassment" by elements of the membership.
Mr Lynch was appointed acting general secretary, but soon stood down himself, accusing senior union members of "bullying" and creating "an intolerable, toxic atmosphere". He then returned and won election to the role permanently in May 2021.
| Mick Lynch announces retirement as head of RMT Posted by grahame at 16:27, 9th January 2025 | |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly2yqk5x31o
Mick Lynch, head of the country's largest railway union, has announced his retirement.
He became general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers in 2021, and under his leadership the union staged a series of strikes over pay in 2022 and 2023, culminating in a deal with the new Labour government this summer.
Feted by supporters for his straight-talking style, he was attacked by critics for his £84,000 salary and for the disruption caused by the union's industrial action.
In a statement, Mr Lynch did not give a reason for standing down but said it had "been a privilege to serve this union for over 30 years in all capacities", adding it was now "time for change".
Mr Lynch will stay in his role until May, when RMT members elect a new general secretary.
He became general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers in 2021, and under his leadership the union staged a series of strikes over pay in 2022 and 2023, culminating in a deal with the new Labour government this summer.
Feted by supporters for his straight-talking style, he was attacked by critics for his £84,000 salary and for the disruption caused by the union's industrial action.
In a statement, Mr Lynch did not give a reason for standing down but said it had "been a privilege to serve this union for over 30 years in all capacities", adding it was now "time for change".
Mr Lynch will stay in his role until May, when RMT members elect a new general secretary.
