Members of the London taxi branch attended in support of their colleagues within the union but also to support the call for a properly run and well maintained rail network. Can you imagine for one minute a city like London without the rail hubs and ranks we have. The largest and by far biggest taxi ranks within the capital bar Heathrow are at each of the mainline stations.
With the RMT specialist transport union having a major presence at each of the mainline stations it makes sense for taxi-cab drivers to not only join but to support an industry that provides us with custom like no other. People who travel by train use taxi-cabs to and from stations and it is vitally important that we not only have a presence via ranks but that these ranks fully intergrate with other parts of the transport network.
Some within our industry believe we can work in isolation the truth is look at where this kind of thinking has led our trade. We have satellite mini-cab offices with illegal ranks all over the capital, licensed mini-cabs openly touting on the public highway and growing at an alarming rate with little or no work to cover this rapid expansion.
The RMT specialist transport union is a democractic union led by its members from the branch up and whilst we grow stronger we must understand that in this modern world we need a strong union to help fight the many battles that lay ahead. We will survive this recession but London's poorly run private hire industry have stolen a march by being given what is in effect the right to rank outside bars and clubs because of lax lazy representation by other organisations within the taxi trade. The RMT specialist transport union will organise, campaign, protest, lobby and work tirelessly for you the London taxi-cab driver. We can organise and lobby like no other just take a look at the picture above and see for yourself working men and women getting ready in their hundreds to lobby MP's at the House of Commons.
