NEWS.CATEGORY: Industrial

Great Western Railways: TSSA Ballot Result

 Members in Great Western Railways have voted YES to strike action and YES to action short of a strike. To be clear this covers our membership not only in the Management Grades but also in Revenue Protection, Stations and Clerical grades. GWR recently put out a “connect” communication that made it sound like we only represent Management grades, and we need to set the record straight! Feel free to encourage non-members from all the grades above to join TSSA online.

81.1% voted YES to action short of strike and 63.6% voted in favour of strike action. This will send a strong message to the company that we need action on pay, job security and terms and conditions.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote in this important ballot. This is another successful industrial action ballot among TSSA members in the current industry-wide dispute over pay, job security and terms and conditions. Your TSSA colleagues in other train operators and Network Rail have also been balloted for both strike action and action short of strike with all of them returning positive results for industrial action.

We are liaising closely with our sister rail unions and are engaging with your reps about next steps and action. We have not served notice for action dates yet, but rest assured we will keep you updated on all developments. Please speak to your TSSA reps for more information and thank you again for taking part in this important ballot.

The full results of the ballot are:

Strike action ballot result

Number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot: 486

Number of votes cast in the ballot: 313

Votes cast in the ballot as a % of individuals who were entitled to vote: 64.4%


Question: Are you prepared to take part in industrial action consisting of a strike?

Number of spoilt or otherwise invalid voting papers returned 0


Result of Voting:

  • Yes: 199 = 63.6%
  • No: 114 = 36.4%


Action short of a strike ballot result

Number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot: 486

Number of votes cast in the ballot: 313

Votes cast in the ballot as a % of individuals who were entitled to vote 64.4%


Question: Are you prepared to take part in industrial action short of a strike?

Number of spoilt or otherwise invalid voting papers returned: 1


Result of Voting:

  • Yes: 253 = 81.1%
  • No: 59 = 18.9%