TSSA strike action Saturday 8 October

TSSA members in three train operating companies will take strike action on Saturday 8 October with hundreds more taking industrial action short of a strike in the ongoing dispute over pay, conditions and job security.

Strike action will hit Avanti West Coast, c2c and TransPennine Express where TSSA members working in a range of station, ticket office, on board and operational roles will walk out for the full day.

Industrial action short of strike (ASOS) will take place in: SouthEastern Railway, South Western Railway, West Midlands Trains, TransPennine Express, Northern, Great Western Railway, LNER. ASOS specifics vary across the companies and include things like an overtime ban, ban on voluntary contingency cover, ban on undertaking contingency duties arising from industrial action and a ban on out of hours work communication. Full details below.

This latest industrial action follows widespread strike action across Network Rail and train operators last Saturday, 1 October, and strike action by TSSA members in CrossCountry and GWR this week which severely affected rail services.

Manuel Cortes, TSSA General Secretary, said: “Our members remain resolute in the face of this Tory cost-of-living crisis.

“The issues in this dispute are not going away and neither are we. We urge employers and government to bring forward talks to find a resolution to the concerns that rail workers have over pay, conditions and job security.

“Rail workers deserve a pay rise after years of pay freezes and they deserve job security. These are reasonable demands and we will not back down from them.”

Strike action:

• Avanti West Coast (Saturday 8 October all day)
• c2c (Saturday 8 October all day)
• TransPennine Express (Saturday 8 October all day)

Action short of strike (ASOS) will take place in:   

• 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 – full list of ASOS here – 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 – full details of action here)