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Green Party's Hannah Spencer celebrates winning the Gorton and Denton by-election at Manchester Central, February 27, 2026
Politics / 27 February 2026
27 February 2026
First Minister John Swinney during a visit to Edinburgh Waverley station for an announcement on an update to ScotRail fares for 2026-27, February 12, 2026
Transport / 12 February 2026
12 February 2026
Andy Burnham speaking during the launch of his campaign for re-election as Mayor of Greater Manchester Combined Authority, at the Salford Lads Club, April 3, 2024
Labour Party / 25 January 2026
25 January 2026

Trade unionists and MPs hit back at party executive's decision to block Greater Manchester mayor from running in upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election

TSSA general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust
Unions / 19 January 2026
19 January 2026
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers a speech in the media briefing room of 9 Downing Street in central London, ahead of the Budget later this month, November 4, 2025
The Budget / 4 November 2025
4 November 2025
A forensic investigator on the platform by the train at Huntingdon train station in Cambridgeshire, after a number of people were stabbed on the train on Saturday. Two people have been arrested after British Transport Police were called to the incident. Picture date: Sunday November 2, 2025
Health and Safety / 3 November 2025
3 November 2025

Real action is needed to make sure tragedies like that at Huntingdon never happen again. TSSA leader MARYAM ESLAMDOUST suggests some practical, achievable steps to be taken

PEOPLE POWER: Protesters demand a wealth tax, March 27 2025
Britain / 30 September 2025
30 September 2025
LONG OVERDUE: Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander speaks during a visit to the South Western Railway (SWR) Bournemouth Traincare Depot, in Dorset. SWR are the first rail operator to be renationalised under the Public Ownership Act 2024, May 22 2025
TUC Congress 2025 / 8 September 2025
8 September 2025

A just transition to Great British Railways and a clean and safe railway for all is not only desirable but also necessary. MARYAM ESLAMDOUST explains

Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan (left) and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer lay a wreath at the 7/7 Memorial, in Hyde Park, London, to mark the anniversary of the terrorist attacks in London on July 7th 2005 that killed 52 people, July 7, 2025
Terrorism / 7 July 2025
7 July 2025
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander (right) speaks to SWR train drivers ahead of boarding the first operational renationalised train service at Waterloo train station in central London, May 25, 2025
Railway / 25 May 2025
25 May 2025

But unions warn renationalisation must not be fudged

TSSA activists at Dalmarnock station in Glasgow
Britain / 14 January 2025
14 January 2025
Britain / 11 December 2024
11 December 2024
Aslef General Secretary Mick Whelan (centre) at a picket lin
Britain / 10 December 2024
10 December 2024
An undated handout photo issued by British Transport Police
Britain / 8 December 2024
8 December 2024
Britain / 1 November 2024
1 November 2024
A London Underground roundel at Oxford Circus station, in Lo
Britain / 8 October 2024
8 October 2024
Britain / 2 September 2024
2 September 2024
Sign for the London Underground seen through the closed shut
Britain / 1 September 2024
1 September 2024
TSSA and RMT union members call for unity at Cardiff meeting
Britain / 3 June 2024
3 June 2024
Diane Abbott addressing the People's Assembly Britain is Bro
Britain / 24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Commuters walking past a ScotRail train at Edinburgh's Waver
Britain / 29 March 2024
29 March 2024
A London Underground roundel at Oxford Circus station, in Lo
Britain / 26 February 2024
26 February 2024
A sign for the London Underground seen through the closed sh
Britain / 19 February 2024
19 February 2024
A member of staff assists a person at the ticket machines in
Britain / 22 December 2023
22 December 2023
Features / 8 December 2023
8 December 2023
TSSA general secretary MARYAM ESLAMDOUST on the challenge posed by the Tories' attack on the right to strike
Work begins to lift the front shield from the 2,000-tonne tu
Britain / 2 November 2023
2 November 2023
Britain / 24 October 2023
24 October 2023
Transport / 13 October 2023
13 October 2023
RAIL passengers and workers could face a catastrophe because the life of tracks and sleepers is being lengthened by five years to save money.
A worker at HS2's Curzon Street site in Birmingham, May 10,
Britain / 29 September 2023
29 September 2023
Bonnie Craven (centre) on the picket line with TSSA members
Features / 21 September 2023
21 September 2023
BONNIE CRAVEN tells the Star why she wants to be TSSA's new general secretary, what she would bring to the role and how she'd work with the Labour Party
TSSA general secretary hopeful Maryam Eslamdoust
Features / 21 September 2023
21 September 2023
MARYAM ESLAMDOUST tells the Star why she wants to be TSSA's new general secretary, what she would bring to the role, and how she'd work with the Labour Party
TSSA general secretary candidates Maryam Eslamdoust and Bonn
Britain / 21 September 2023
21 September 2023

An empty ticket booth at Glasgow Central Station
Britain / 5 September 2023
5 September 2023
Members of the TSSA and RMT are joined by their families on
Features / 17 August 2023
17 August 2023
Transport workers are leading the fightback against the government’s attacks on our living standards — but we can also be leaders in creating the kind of world we want to live in too, writes BONNIE CRAVEN
TSSA general secretary hopeful Maryam Eslamdoust
Britain / 8 August 2023
8 August 2023
TSSA general secretary hopeful Maryam Eslamdoust tells the Star about the horrific spike in assaults on TfL staff
Maryam Eslamdoust
Features / 6 August 2023
6 August 2023
Greedy rail operators are choosing profits over people, writes MARYAM ESLAMDOUST
Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA)
Features / 6 June 2023
6 June 2023
ANDY BAIN reports on the 126th TSSA conference that took place from June 3-5 in Cork
TransPennine Express will be nationalised after years of poo
Britain / 11 May 2023
11 May 2023
Unions reiterate calls to renationalise railways after TransPennine Express joins London North Eastern Railway, Northern, and Southeastern
An Elizabeth line sign
Britain / 11 January 2023
11 January 2023
Britain / 10 January 2023
10 January 2023
(L to R) RMT pickets at Euston station; Inga Bystram
Culture / 4 January 2023
4 January 2023
ALEX GORDON introduces painter Inga Bystram - the picket line phenomenon
Passengers wait at the barriers at King's Cross station in L
Editorial / 3 January 2023
3 January 2023
Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union on
Britain / 28 December 2022
28 December 2022
 Kings Cross Station in London
Britain / 22 December 2022
22 December 2022