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This year marks the centenary of the call from my TSSA General Secretary predecessor Alexander Walkden to Prime Minster Lloyd George to maintain our railways as a nationalised service. Despite the austerity of the war years, it was a widely…
TSSA apologises unreservedly to all passengers adversely affected by our industrial action today. But the company have really upset their workforce by awarding such different pay rises. We're obviously happy for the drivers that they have…
Labour MPs, activists and a senior trade union leader demanded an and to austerity and greater investment in public services in a Downing Street protest on the eve of the Budget. Tons of groceries were dumped outside the entrance to the…
It is 99 Labour conference years ago since our party first accepted Britain’s railways should be nationalised. Prime minister David Lloyd George rejected the maintaining public ownership proposition made to him in 1918 by Alexander Walkden…
I'll start with a confession, I hate referenda. When you live in a delegated democracy, like ours, with a Parliamentary system, referenda are, in my view, a method by which politicians abdicate their responsibility. There is much we can do…
A pro-Corbyn trade union leader has submitted an emergency motion to Labour conference that would commit the party to opposing any Brexit deal that would end free movement. Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the TSSA, said: "This motion…
The shop workers union Usdaw has chosen to back Richard Leonard in the Scottish Labour leadership contest, it has been reported. Leonard, thought to be the preferred candidate of Jeremy Corbyn's office, has secured the support of Usdaw as…
The trade unionist hoping to replace Kezia Dugdale as Scottish Labour leader today enjoyed a major boost when he won an endorsement from the TSSA. Richard Leonard has received the rail union's backing two years after it came out for Jeremy…
Manuel Cortes, the union general secretary who is one of the early backers of a new campaign to lobby the Labour leadership on freedom of movement, has told international workers to resist efforts by the "boss class" to divide them. Manuel…
The government's cancellation of railway electrification is "a kick in the for Leicestershire," Jonathan Ashworth has said as he meets with a rail-union leader to rally against the plans. Ashworth is to meet with general secretary of the…
Today Labour analysis revealed that our railways are more overcrowded than they've ever been, since records began. We ask, is rail nationalisation the answer to record train overcrowding? Last week, Unison won their four year court battle…
The Tories obsession with "flogging off Britain's national assets is breathtaking", the general secretary of TSSA has said upon the publication of the Hansford report. The report wants to introduce "contestability" into Network Rail's…
