The Rail Union |
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Reclaiming Our Industry |
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
Mohandas Gandhi |
Welcome to the website of the Associated Train Crew Union, an accountable and democratic Trade Union founded to address the issues affecting all our colleagues and to meet the aspirations of all those working in the rail industry.
“the workforce is not fragmented”
ATCU represents members, family and community, this can be your local community or, just as significant, the rail community.
The rail community experienced the righteous anger of uncertainty when the industry was carved up and splintered, but let us be assured, that is the industry – it is not the workforce, the workforce is still a whole. But to fully understand the whole and the strength that lies behind it, paradoxically, we need to change.
In order for this to take place ATCU wants to topple the towers of selfishness, pretence and discrimination and lay new foundations of respect, self-esteem and pride with one union working towards the benefit of each member and their family.
It is here that ATCU is attempting to return to a common respect for each other, between friends and colleagues, to believe that we are a whole and not fragmented, that we are part of a community called the RAIL INDUSTRY
About ATCU
No fancy pictures, no gimmicks, just good old traditional trade unionism looking after its members interests first and foremost.
This is an exciting time for existing and future members. “We are a fresh and vibrant union with a vast amount of knowledge and experience to draw upon” in support of members working in a broad section of the rail industry.
One of the questions that need to be considered is “what makes ATCU different?
ATCU believes that the industry needs one union with one voice. We are not separatists, we believe in unity, the collective of all members supporting each other.
ATCU is a union that puts forward a vision of the future that goes beyond pay negotiations, a union that does not advertise its financial benefits but actually creates its financial benefits.
Everyone in ATCU has the same aspirations ‘a union that members feel they belong to’
We have several objectives that are aimed at effective representation but most important, to bring to the members a sense of belonging. This is based not just on members but also their family and community. All aims and objectives will ultimately follow from this such as wages, Health & Safety, working conditions and Pensions.
ATCU wants to create a union that is more than just employee insurance. We want to return back to the true values of trade unionism, back to the basic values that makes a trade union respected by its members.
We do this through engaging members. We want to hear when we get it right but most important we want to know when we get it wrong. It is only through your voice, support, criticism and participation that we will become even stronger.
You and the members are the ATCU, the driving force that makes us what we are. A union that has many objectives but only one policy and that is the protection of the members.
ATCU
Head Office
Barnsley
PO Box 647
S72 8XU
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