Transport Salaried Staffs' Association

1. Privatised Railways Shown To Be A Sick Joke

   14 September 2020

   Our railways are not a plaything for the rich - they are fundamental to our country every day of the year, says TSSA leader MANUEL CORTES

2. Targeted support must include travel trade

   11 September 2020

   The Treasury Select Committee is today calling on government to consider targeted extensions to the Job Retention Scheme as part of a range of measures to meet the challenges of economic recovery from coronavirus. TSSA has welcomed the move and said targeted support "has to include the travel trade".

3. Climate challenges exposed by Stonehaven, says TSSA

   10 September 2020

   Today the Department for Transport has released an interim report into the fatal train derailment at Carmont, near Stonehaven, in August. The initial findings point to heavy rainfall and washed out stone on the track being responsible for the derailment.

4. TfW Rail Services - Relocation of HQ to Pontypridd

   10 September 2020

   A meeting was held on 2 September 2020 between TfW Rail Services and TSSA to recommence consultation on the relocation of staff from Cardiff to the new TfW Rail Services headquarters building in Pontypridd.

5. Commuters are no longer your cash cows, TSSA warns TOCs

   8 September 2020

   Responding to reports that Train Operating Companies (TOCs) are offering commuters "discounts" which are actually more expensive than pro-rata season tickets, Manuel Cortes, TSSA General Secretary said: "Commuters have been used as cash cows by private rail companies for decades so it's no surprise that industry bosses want to squeeze them again.

6. TSSA welcomes HS2 milestone and encourages union membership

   4 September 2020

   Rail union TSSA welcomes today's announcement from HS2 that formal construction works are now starting for Phase One of the project and encourages new recruits to "join our TSSA family".

7. Government Must Intervene Over Eurostar Station Closures and Jobs

   3 September 2020

   TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has urged the Government to intervene after Eurostar confirmed the closure of Ashford and Ebbsfleet International Stations until 2022 - raising fears of job losses.

8. TSSA Calls On Labour MSPs To Back Richard Leonard

   2 September 2020

   TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has lambasted the "self-indulgence" of Scottish Labour MSPs trying to force Richard Leonard to stand down as Party leader and called for "stability and unity".

9. TSSA SUBMISSION TO TfL INDEPENDENT REVIEW

   2 September 2020

   ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC FUNDING SOURCES: · Road Use Any suggestion that TfL should be become self-funded via an expansion of road user charging to all drivers (not just ULEZ) to inner or outer London must be accompanied by significant grant investment in public transport in those areas first. Charging people to drive with no public transport alternative is unlikely to be a successful scheme.

10. TUC Congress 2020

    1 September 2020

    Our union wanted to let you know that the annual TUC Congress is going ahead later this month.

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