National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers

RMT
National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers
PredecessorNational Union of Railwaymen
National Union of Seamen
Founded1990
HeadquartersLondon, NW1
Location
Members
Increase 81,543 (2023)[1]
Key people
Mick Lynch, General Secretary
Alex Gordon, President[2]
AffiliationsLabour (1990–2004),[3] TUC, ICTU, STUC, ITF, WFTU TUCG, NSSN, ETF
Websitermt.org.uk

The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (commonly known as the RMT) is a British trade union covering the transport sector. Its current President is Alex Gordon and its current General Secretary is Mick Lynch.[4][5]

The RMT is one of Britain's fastest growing trade unions. Membership rose under and following the leadership of Bob Crow, increasing from 57,000 in 2002[6] to almost 81,500 in 2019.[1][7]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference AR21 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Structure". Rmt.org.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  3. ^ Tempest, Matthew (6 February 2004). "RMT vote ends historic link with Labour". the Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Senior RMT Officials". Rmt.org.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Mick Lynch elected as New RMT General Secretary". Rmt.org.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  6. ^ Mustafer, Shanaz (25 January 2012). "Trade unions: Not dead yet". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  7. ^ "About us". Rmt.org.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2016.