TSSA prepares for more strikes and other industrial action

Hundreds of TSSA rail union members will take industrial action – including strikes – this week in their ongoing national dispute over pay, job security and conditions.  

TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has described strikes to date as “rock solid”, telling the government they must “get wise and act now to deliver a fair deal which will halt a winter of rail misery across the network.”  

Strike action is taking place in five companies, with action short of strike (where workers take action such as working to rule, overtime bans or callout bans) is happening at another nine companies (see below). 

Commenting, union leader Cortes said: "We saw only last weekend that our strike action was rock solid across the country. Our brilliant members remain determined to see their demands met in the shape of a just settlement. 

“We do not strike lightly but are prepared to dig in as we seek a fair deal on pay, job security and conditions in the face of cuts, economic collapse and a cost of living crisis at the hands of this chaotic Tory government. 

“With more strikes and wider industrial action in the offing this week it’s time for Ministers to get wise and act now to deliver a fair deal which will halt a winter of rail misery across the network.” 

TSSA STRIKE ACTION: 

· Cross Country (12:00 Noon Wednesday 5 October – 12:00 Noon Thursday 6 October) 

· Great Western Railway (for work that commences between 12:00 Noon Thursday 6 October – 11:59 Friday 7 October) 

· Avanti West Coast (Saturday 8 October all day) 

· c2c (Saturday 8 October all day) 

· TransPennine Express (Saturday 8 October all day) 

TSSA ACTION SHORT OF STRIKE (ASOS) 

· South Western Railway (ASOS but excluding overtime ban continuous from 1 October) 

· South Eastern Railway (ASOS but excluding overtime ban continuous from 1 October) 

· West Midlands Trains (ASOS including ban on voluntary contingency cover continuous from 1 October)  

· TransPennine Express (ASOS including overtime ban and on call ban  – on Wednesday 5 October and from Thursday 6 October to Sunday 6 November 2022) 

· Northern (ASOS comprising a ban on undertaking contingency duties arising from industrial action, continuous from 1 October) 

· Cross Country (ASOS including overtime ban 5, 6, 7 and 8 October) 

· East Midlands Railway (ASOS including overtime ban 5 and 8 October) 

· LNER (ASOS excluding overtime ban on 5 October, ASOS including overtime ban 8 October) 

· Great Western Railway (ASOS including a ban on undertaking contingency duties arising from industrial action and a ban on out of hours work communication on 5 October and from 12:00 on Friday 7 October until 23:59 on Sunday 11 December)