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Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the TSSA, joined members on the picket line at tube stations from 5am today and issued this message. I pay tribute to my members whose commitment to public service is so strong they are now prepared to…
Just 10 of London Underground's 270 stations are open today, a trade union said, as a strike over ticket office closures got underway. The TSSA said turnout for the industrial action was solid with "just a few trains" running on the "edge"…
This is the campaign video published by rail union the TSSA to highlight how passengers on Britain's privatised railways end up subsidising train travel in France, Germany and Holland. Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the rail union…
This is the full statement published today by Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite, after London mayor Sadiq Khan announced a minimum salary for drivers working across the capital's bus companies. “This is great news for the workers…
This is the full statement published by shadow business secretary Clive Lewis on the latest wave of industrial disputes. We’re in the midst of a string of industrial relation disasters that have Chris Grayling's fingerprints all over them…
ASLEF represents nearly all the train drivers in the UK, across every company. Our members are professionals who safely and securely transport millions of members of the British public from A to B each day. Driving a train carrying more…
Labour is coming under increasing pressure after it refused to condemn the wave of strikes on one of Britain's biggest rail networks in the run up to Christmas. Staff on the Aslef and RMT unions began a 48-hour walkout at 12am and a further…
The general secretary of transport union the TSSA has been re-elected by an overwhelming margin. Manuel Cortes won 66 per cent of the vote and said it was an "immense privilege" to win a second term. Wayne Geoghegan, who ran against Cortes…
The last few weeks have shown how difficult and contentious it can be for governments to make decisions on major infrastructure. Big-ticket items like a third runway at Heathrow and the latest high-speed rail line HS2 have bedevilled…
The Labour Party was right to set four tests for a new runway. Heathrow meets them. The last full length runway in the South East of England was constructed in the 1940s. To say a decision on expanding aviation capacity is long overdue is…
Chris Grayling, the Transport Secretary, has been summoned to the Commons to answer for his department's role in the Southern Rail fiasco but, Sam Tarry, political officer at TSSA and head of communication and strategy during Jeremy…
For all of Britain to succeed in a post-Brexit world, improved connectivity, both outside our islands and around them, is key. Fast, reliable and affordable transport by road, air and rail has the power to make a real difference to people’s…
