Transport Salaried Staffs' Association

1. TSSA Calls For 'Vital' Eurostar Support Over Coronavirus

   31 March 2020

   TSSA General Secretary, Manual Cortes, has called on the British government to support Eurostar during the Coronavirus outbreak.

2. TSSA calls on Department for Transport to order rail firms to stand down non-essential staff

   30 March 2020

   Rail union TSSA is today calling on the Department for Transport to intervene and order Train Operating Companies to stand down all non-essential staff in the face of Coronavirus. TSSA boss Manuel Cortes has criticised the actions of "callous rail bosses on six figure salaries working from home who are needlessly putting our members in harm's way."

3. Rail Industry Coronavirus Forum - Emergency Working Principles

   27 March 2020

   The Rail Industry and its People Working Together to Support the Nation

4. Stay at home and shut construction sites says Cortes

   27 March 2020

   Following the Chancellor's announcement of a package for self-employed workers, transport union TSSA is calling on anybody not considered a Key Worker to stay at home and not travel on public transport. The union is also calling for construction sites to be shut at this critical time.

5. GWR - Coronavirus

   27 March 2020

   Firstly thank you to all TSSA members working hard to ensure railways can still run in these exceptional times. I'm writing to update you on the representations made to GWR in the last few weeks on behalf TSSA members but there are also representations happening nationally between our general secretary and the Department for Transport. You can access updates via our website on

6. "Northern Ireland Railway must stand down all non-essential staff after railworkers spat at" - Cortes

   26 March 2020

   TSSA today called for staff who aren't essential to the running of trains to be stood down after Northern Ireland Railway Workers were spat at causing fears of infection with coronavirus.

7. London Overground Agency Staff Update - Coronavirus

   26 March 2020

   As London Overground station staff you are on the front line - making sure that essential workers can travel, but also at risk.

8. HS2 Jobs Saved 

   26 March 2020

   TSSA has intervened at High Speed 2 (HS2) to postpone redundancy notices during the COVID-19 emergency. 

9. Executive Committee Report - January 2020

   26 March 2020

   Apologies were received from Martin Hartley (annual leave) The December 2019 Executive Committee meeting had been cancelled owing to the General Election.

10. TSSA calls on Scottish Education Minister to get clear about childcare places for key transport workers

    26 March 2020

    TSSA today (Thursday) called on Scottish Education Minister John Swinney to get clear with councils about operational transport workers' "key worker" status as rail workers have been forced to stay home because their children can't get a childcare place.

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