Transport Salaried Staffs' Association

1. TSSA Prepare for Strike Action over ScotRail's Proposal to Downgrade Security

   16 August 2017

   TSSA has informed ScotRail that we will ballot our members for industrial action if they press ahead with their plans to axe specialist CCTV monitor staff who guard Scotland's 10,000 plus miles of rail track and stations.

2. Abellio awarded West Midlands franchise

   10 August 2017

   Responding to the news that the Department of Transport has awarded the franchise to run West Midlands Trains to Holland's state owned rail company Abellio in partnership with East Japan Railway Company and Mitsui, TSSA General Secretary Manuel Cortes said:

3. TSSA leader visits members at CalMac ferries

   9 August 2017

   TSSA leader Manuel Cortes will be visiting CalMac Ferries this week to speak to workers at CalMac's diverse and disparate workplaces.

4. TSSA respond to ScotRail delay news

   7 August 2017

   TSSA have responded to news that more than half of ScotRail trains are now arriving late.

5. TSSA Rally for Rail campaign reaches Yorkshire

   4 August 2017

   TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes meets Sheffield MP, Louise Haigh this afternoon as the campaign to reverse the Tory decision to cancel the long scheduled rail electrification of on trans-Pennine, Midland Mainline and South Wales routes gathers momentum.

6. DRS Pay Talks 2017/18

   3 August 2017

   TSSA company reps have been in pay talks with management.

7. Virgin Pay Talks to Resume in August

   3 August 2017

   Pay talks for 2017/18 with Virgin Trains West Coast are due to resume in late August.

8. TSSA leader meets Labour front bencher to rally for rail in Leicester

   2 August 2017

   TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes will be in Leicester this evening to meet Shadow Cabinet member John Ashworth to begin to extend our union campaign against the Tory Government's cancellation of the electrification of rail lines into the Midlands.

9. TSSA to fight against Tory scrapping of rail electrification in Wales

   1 August 2017

   TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes is in Wales this afternoon (Tues) to plan a campaign against the Tory Government's cancellation of rail electrification between Cardiff and Swansea.

10. Network Rail report trying to roll back to privatisation again and risks future accidents

    31 July 2017

    TSSA General Secretary Manuel Cortes responded to the publication of the Hansord Report with wants to introduce "contestability" into Network Rail's infrastructure provision saying:

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