Transport Salaried Staffs' Association

1. NR National Management Council Elections

   22 August 2019

2. Questions for Shapps Over No Deal Transport Impact

   22 August 2019

   TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has written to the Government with questions of the 'upmost importance' relating to rail transport in the event of a No Deal Brexit.

3. Delays expected on ScotRail as TSSA members begin industrial action

   21 August 2019

   TSSA has warned ScotRail passengers to expect delays to journeys as their members begin indefinite industrial action from 00:01 tomorrow (Thursday) in a dispute over who drives trains. Delays are expected to particularly affect journeys in the Edinburgh area where TSSA members involved in the dispute are concentrated.

4. HS2 Review Must Consider 'Golden Opportunity' and Build to Scotland

   21 August 2019

   TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has said the Government is "going down the wrong track" in announcing an official review of High Speed Two (HS2) project.

5. GTR Pay Offer 2019 (Non-Driving Collective Grades)

   21 August 2019

   Following a number of meetings, GTR have now issued the details of their offer for our 2019 pay negotiations. 3 year deal with pay rises as follows:

6. "Matheson, tell ScotRail to negotiate, not bully our members, to stop Industrial Action" - Cortes

   20 August 2019

   TSSA today called on the Transport Secretary to intervene with Abellio ScotRail after our members complained of "bullying" tactics to prevent them from taking lawful industrial action due to start this Thursday. TSSA Driver Train Managers (DTMs) are due to take industrial action this week in a dispute over being instructed to drive trains on top of having to perform all the other duties associated with their jobs.

7. TSSA Urges Irish Govt To Think Again Over EU Transport Fund

   20 August 2019

   TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has urged the Irish Government to "think again" over a decision to overlook a key European Union fund aimed at increasing and improving transport infrastructure.

8. DRS Management Contract Holders: TSSA Rep Casual Vacancies

   19 August 2019

   The nomination period for the positions of TSSA Works Council representatives closed at 12noon on Monday 19 August with only two nominations received, therefore both Michelle Hodgson and Brian Hetherington have been appointed to these roles. TSSA hopes all union members will unite in giving both Brian and Michelle their full support.

9. TSSA Response to First Trenitalia takeover of West Coast mainline

   14 August 2019

   TSSA leader Manuel Cortes responded to news First Trenitalia will take over the West Coast mainline train route which runs from Glasgow to London Euston saying: "Shapps has taken over from failing Grayling but continued his practice of fiddling while Rome burns.

10. 2.8% RPI Increase: Passengers are paying more and getting less

    14 August 2019

    Responding to news today that regulated rail fares in England are set to rise by at least 2.8% in January, in line with July's RPI figures, TSSA leader Manuel Cortes said, "We must end this rail rip off fiasco. Passengers aren't stupid. They know that they're paying more and getting less, year on year. Now that the Tories appear to have found the magic money tree, they should give it one more shake to give our hard-pressed rail passengers a break by implementing a fares freeze in 2020.

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