On the 3rd of Feb 2010 the board of Transport for London met and included in this months topics were a number of issues relating to London taxi-cabs.
If you are interested or just curious please do click on the link http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/boardandchiefofficers/papers/1436.aspx and you'll come to a page where you will have the chance to see what went on at previous meetings (item 2) and what is presently being discussed regarding our industry and job.
Items 10 and 11 are of interest to us all for they deal with a number of issues that concern us directly/indirectly.
We shall every month give you the link to the board of Transport for London and the Surface Transport Panel just so you the self employed taxi-cab driver can make your own mind up about matters concerning our trade and decide for yourself if views and opinions are actually getting voiced at the top tables where many final decisions are made.
Next meeting of the board of Transport for London will be on the 24th March 2010. The Surface Transport Panel last met on the 10th November 2009 and we await new dates for this panel to meet.
If you've never joined a union you may well think after reading these papers that the time might be right to get involved and have a say about your livelihood. The RMT London taxi branch can muster more members to attend a branch meeting than all the other trade organisations put together. People ask why is this and the answer is simple and clear, we are a democratic trade union that allow you the membership to debate and decide policy. It really is that simple so rather than have you head in a bucket or reading the ever longer lists of adverts in some of our trade papers why not join the only democratic and independent trade union in the London taxi trade and help to ensure that our trade not only survives but flourishes.
Please join online at http://www.rmt.org.uk/ or email the branch secretary for an application form at Londontaxi@rmt.org.uk
