RMT Stations & Revenue Council representatives negotiate with management about SRT issues and help individual SRT staff. But every other group of station and revenue staff has local union representatives as well as the Council reps, and so should the SRT.

All union members should have the right to elect representatives from among themselves, rather than rely on full-time officials, who should get involved if the issue can not be resolved locally. Reps elected from the workforce itself are more familiar with the issues they negotiate on, are in day-to-day contact with staff, and have to work under the conditions that they negotiate. Local reps are an irreplaceable part of your union's representation of you.

Please consider putting yourself forward to be an RMT rep for the SRT. You do not need any particular expertise or qualifications - just a commitment to union principles and to championing the interests of your workmates. You will get support and resources from RMT to help you carry out the role. If you do not personally wish to be a rep, perhaps you have workmate who would be ideally suited. Tell them so and encourage them to put themselves forward. Contact Malcolm Taylor, John Kelly or Jon Abdullah (details on the front page) to volunteer.

At present, London Underground refuses to officially recognise union reps for the SRT, and says that it will only recognise SRT union reps if the unions agree to reduce the number of reps in Revenue Control. RMT believes this is scandalous attack on your right to be represented. SRT staff are entitled to local trade union representation, as are our members in Revenue Control. Management should not 'hold a gun to our head' by denying one group of workers local representation in order to bully us into accepting a cut in other members' representation rights.

It is no coincidence that LUL is denying union representation in the SRT at the same time that it is regularly misusing the SRT and breaking our agreements. Stations & Revenue Council reps, and local station reps, are doing our best to challenge these abuses, but the union would be in an even stronger position to defend your rights if we had specific SRT reps too.