Transport Salaried Staffs' Association

1. TSSA criticises Abellio for failure to plan

   16 January 2019

   Manuel Cortes today criticised Abellio’s failure to plan following a story in the Scottish Sunday Sun about Hitachi’s failure to deliver their 385 trains on time.

2. General Election Needed After Historic Government Defeat - Cortes

   16 January 2019

   TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has called for a general election after the defeat of the government’s Brexit deal in the House of Commons

3. TSSA victory on Cross Country managers' holiday pay shows why all managers should join the union 

   16 January 2019

   TSSA has won an extension of new backdated holiday pay claim for all manager grades at Cross Country rail company not just those covered by our union's collective bargaining package.

4. TSSA Seeks Reassurances on Future of Arriva

   15 January 2019

   TSSA is seeking reassurances about the future of UK rail franchises run by Arriva after reports German state operator - Deutsche Bhan (DB) - may be set to sell the Arriva business.

5. Cuba Solidarity Campaign Young Trade Unionists’ May Day Brigade

   14 January 2019

   The Cuba Solidarity Campaign is currently organising the 2019 Young Trade Unionists’ May Day Brigade to Cuba. The Brigade is an opportunity for young trade unionists, aged 18-35, to take part in international solidarity events in Cuba. The TSSA is aiming to send a delegation of young members to the Brigade.

6. TSSA Statement on Labour Backbench Brexit Amendment

   11 January 2019

   Responding to news that some Labour MPs are moving an amendment to May's Brexit deal to better protect workers' rights, TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes said:

7. Industrial Action Ballot Threatened at "Outrageous" Greater Anglia

   10 January 2019

   TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has threatened industrial action over what he described as "outrageous behaviour" by Greater Anglia at plans to cull management grade staff.

8. Stagecoach Dividend 'Robbery On Rails' - Cortes

   8 January 2019

   TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has lambasted the Stagecoach group over a massive dividend paid out less than a year before the company abandoned the East Coast Main Line (ECML) franchise. 

9. Fares protest campaign Glasgow Central Monday 7th Jan

   4 January 2019

   TSSA union will mark Scottish commuters’ first Monday back in work this year by campaigning at Glasgow Central for Abellio to be stripped of the ScotRail contract.

10. The disgraceful rail fares rise reveals a broken system

    3 January 2019

    Manuel Cortes writes in the New Statesman Today we have seen what happens when the government oversteps the mark with rising rail fares – everyone rightly cries foul. Be in no doubt, ministers and rail bosses alike will have heard the crystal-clear voices of protest at stations up and down the land today.

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