TSSA
Transport union elects its first female general secretary
Maryam Eslamdoust was said to be the first woman and the first person of colour to hold the post.
By Alan Jones, PA Industrial Correspondent
Ticket office closure plans spark fresh safety concerns from rail unions
Unions have reported a huge reaction against plans to close up to 1,000 ticket offices.
By Alan Jones, PA Industrial Correspondent
Union says ticket office closure plan is ‘a fig leaf for redundancies’
The TSSA said government statements that only 13% of tickets were bought at ticket offices equated to 360 million a year.
By Alan Jones, PA Industrial Correspondent
Downing Street warns P&O Ferries it is ‘looking very closely’ at sackings
Eight hundred members of staff were fired without notice on Thursday and replaced with cheaper agency workers.
By Alan Jones and Neil Lancefield, PA
Calls for boycott of P&O after ‘scandalous’ sackings
Demonstrations were held today in protest at the dismissal of 800 workers.
By Alan Jones and Neil Lancefield, PA