News releases
Latest TSSA news releases
- Union welcomes ORR support over safety concerns at Network Rail - 4 March 2010
- The TSSA has welcomed the ORR report which has raised "significant concerns" over plans by Network Rail to radically change its maintenance regime while axing 1500 jobs.
- Rail bosses endanger passengers by closing ticket offices at night - 25 February 2010
- Stagecoach rail bosses were accused today of endangering passengers - particularly women and the elderly - by closing booking offices during evenings and at weekends.
- Mass sackings threaten Easter holiday travel - 18 February 2010
- Rail disruption during the Easter Holiday was signalled today after a strike ballot was triggered for over 2,000 supervisory staff at Network Rail.
- Virgin rush hour strikes suspended to give peace a chance - 16 February 2010
- A series of rolling rush hour booking office strikes on Britain’s busiest rail line were suspended today to allow peace talks to go ahead.
- Boris faces lookalike who tells him he is a hypocrite - 3 February 2010
- London Mayor Boris Johnson faced a Boris Lookalike today and stood accused of hypocrisy over travel expenses.
- Network Rail must now face parliamentary scrutiny - 1 February 2010
- A parliamentary inquiry into the payments and behaviour of Network Rail’s top executives was called for today by an MP and rail trade union leader.
- Booking Office strikes suspended to give peace a chance - 29 January 2010
- Booking office staff at Virgin Trains have suspended their rolling strikes for three weeks to allow peace talks to go ahead.
- FCC compensation "too little and too late" says TSSA - 27 January 2010
- First Capital Connect should still lose its franchise because it was still failing despite offering compensation to its long suffering passengers, the TSSA said today.
- Passengers face higher fares during walkouts - 25 January 2010
- Strike breaking train managers are being paid commission on ticket sales during walkouts by booking office staff, it was revealed today.
- NR "Jobs for the girls" a PR stunt - 21 January 2010
- Network Rail’s "jobs for the girls" recruitment campaign was dismissed as a PR stunt by the TSSA union today.
