A rail union has cancelled planned industrial action on November 3 out of respect for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Day. Thousands of members of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association were due to strike in Network Rail, Avanti West Coast and South Western Railway.
TSSA members in Greater Anglia and Great Western Railway were due to take action short of a strike on the same day. Poppy Day falls on November 3 this year and is a major fundraising event.
TSSA interim general secretary Frank Ward said, “Once we became aware of Poppy Day and the impact our industrial action could have on Royal British Legion’s fundraising, we took the decision to call off our action.
