Transport Salaried Staffs' Association

1. Coronavirus Response - letter to Nick Pascazio

   25 September 2020

   Please find the letter from Maniel Cortes to Nick regarding Network Rail's response to the deepening Coronavirus crisis.

2. TSSA response to Jobs Support Scheme

   24 September 2020

   Responding to Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Jobs Support Scheme announcement, aimed at keeping people in work on shorter hours, transport union TSSA said government indecision has seen "jobs lost in droves" and caused "huge needless anxiety among millions of workers."

3. TSSA calls for Grand Central jobs transfer

   24 September 2020

   Transport union TSSA has called on rail operator Grand Central to ensure that staff affected by the abandonment of the Blackpool-London services are taken on elsewhere. The union is also calling on the government to absorb the services provided by open access operators into the government-protected rail services.

4. We need to marry our economic crisis with our environmental crisis

   22 September 2020

   TSSA General Secretary Manuel Cortes joined Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary and a host of expert speakers in Monday's policy discussion at Labour Connected, under the heading: Rebuilding our Communities after Austerity and Coronavirus.

5. "Labour must be bold" says Manuel Cortes to Keir Starmer speech

   22 September 2020

   Reacting to Keir Starmer's first speech as Labour leader to conference, TSSA's leader praised his focus on climate change, equality and transformation and said "Labour must be bold".

6. The privateers always win, says TSSA of new rail measures

   21 September 2020

   The government has today announced an extension of support for the rail industry in a move which rail union TSSA has said shows that "heads or tails, the privateers always win."

7. Trade Union General Secretaries Express Alarm at Colombia 'human rights crisis'

   18 September 2020

   Trade unions in Britain and Ireland have written to Colombia's Human Rights Commissioner today to express their 'extreme concern' following an increase in massacres and murders of social activists and former guerrillas who entered into the peace process.

8. TSSA Slams Government Over Rail Shareholders Covid Payouts  

   17 September 2020

   TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has attacked the Government over the "national scandal" of rail franchise shareholders receiving millions in profits under the Coronavirus Emergency Measures Agreements (EMA's). 

9. TSSA Demands Ministerial Meeting In Fight For Translink Jobs  

   16 September 2020

   TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has written to the Northern Ireland Infrastructure Minister, Nichola Mallon, over plans by Translink to cut over 50 jobs as part of a drive to reduce costs by up to £20m. 

10. TSSA Welcomes Labour's Furlough Plans  

    15 September 2020

    TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has backed Keir Starmer's call for the Government to think again on ending the furlough job retention scheme next month, calling for urgent assistance for the travel trade. 

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