TSSA

Tube strike suspended after safety guarantees won

Steven. — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:44:11 +0000

Faced with the prospect of three days of strike action from 18:30 on Sunday, London Underground has abandoned plans that the union had described as a fundamental attack on Tube safety standards and casualisation of safety critical work.

RMT and TSSA vote for joint strike action

Ed — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:13:46 +0000

The strike ballot saw 1,673 members vote for action with 333 voting against. The ballot result opens the way for joint action with fellow Tube union TSSA, whose own members voted for action earlier this month. The unions are opposing management attacks on safety standards and the casualisation of safety-critical work (details in notes below).

Rail workers may strike across the UK

libcom — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:00:00 +0000

If the strike goes ahead it will be the first national shutdown of the rail network since 1926, involving tens of thousands of workers in every train operator, network rail and maintenance companies.