Transport Salaried Staffs' Association

Manuel Cortes has been chosen as TSSA's next General Secretary, taking over from Gerry Doherty in mid November.

Fifty campaigners braved the Derby cold on 3 November to protest outside a conference of the Derby Railway Forum.

TSSA members accross Northern Ireland came out on strike on November 30 as part of the day of action on public sector pensions.

Reception marks departure of our former General Secretary

Just before 9 o'clock at night on 22 November, over 100 staff working in the London Taxi & Private Hire Office (LTPH) received an email containing the news that their jobs had been saved.

With the TSSA'S help 20 London-based employees of Cyprus Turkish Airlines have won a £240,000 settlement after they were laid off with no notice when the airline went bust last year.

All too often employers neglect their legal responsibilities to consult over redundancies.

'Union Learning Works' is a case study booklet that seeks to highlight the significant involvement of unions in developing workers' learning opportunities in Northern Ireland.

Mega trucks - 25 metres long (82ft) and up to 60 tonnes - will come to UK roads by default if European Commission proposals, currently out for consultation, go ahead.

Just a couple of days after becoming the TSSA's 21st General Secretary, the Journal met up with a still beaming Manuel Cortes in his new office opposite Euston Station.

Together for Transport community organiser Sam Tarry reports on the big new campaign uniting rail workers and passengers against the rise in rail fares.

With a new Transport Secretary in post, Christian Wolmar looks ahead to the many decisions that Justine Greening will be faced with in the coming months.

Paul Salveson examines how the rail unions were instrumental in establishing the Labour Party and looks with renewed hope at what might come of the relationship in the near future.

In the battle to save Bombardier's Derby works - and with it, train manufacturing in Britain, the very personal commitment that many of its workers have shown to the rail industry is sometimes forgotten.

Philippa Edmunds from Freight on Rail reports on how relatively small-scale investment in line upgrades can boost the economy and shift freight away from environmentally damaging road transport.

Welcome from the new Journal Editor, Ben Soffa