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Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) on the picket line outside London Euston train station. Picture date: Wednesday July 27, 2022.
RAIL passengers are paying a high price for the Tory government’s “incompetence and intransigence,” transport union TSSA said today as it announced more national strikes.
The union’s members at Network Rail and nine train operating companies are set for a 24-hour walkout from midday on Monday September 26, as an increasingly bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions worsens.
The latest industrial action, which comes after TSSA joined RMT’s strikes across the network in mid-August, has been provoked by the “dead hand” of Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, who continues to block industry bosses from genuinely negotiating, the TSSA said.
Two-hundred years ago, on September 27 1825, the world’s first passenger railway line was opened between Stockton and Darlington. MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, reflects on the history – and the future – of Britain’s railway industry
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work
