The Latest Breaking News from Manuel Cortes

Charities and even unions have begun wielding NDAs to cow and silence

The TSSA tried to prevent former female employees from making allegations of sexual harassment

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2025

Labour-linked TSSA union faces fresh bullying allegations

Staff complain of working in ‘toxic environment’ despite leadership shakeup after damning report last year

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2024

RMT rejects ‘dreadful’ pay offers from Network Rail and train operators

Union boss Mick Lynch says message from members was ‘loud and clear’, as TSSA prepares to put offer to vote

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2023

Burnham takes swipe at Starmer over MP sacked after joining picket line

Sam Tarry sacked for ‘making up policy on the hoof’, says Labour leader

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2022

Another union announces rail strikes as travel chaos looms

Thousands of staff at seven rail operating firms to walk out on 18 and 20 August, TSSA says

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022

Union leaders like me don’t want to strike, but UK workers are being given no choice

Market forces will not fix this crisis. The UK government has the tools that would – why won’t it use them, asks union leader Manuel Cortes

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2022

More railway workers including GWR, West Midlands Trains and Northern to be balloted for train strikes

The union is demanding a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies for 2022

Birmingham Post · Jun 24, 2022

Merseyrail staff vote to accept 7.1% pay deal

Union boss says new agreement shows government are blocking routes to end other rail worker disputes

Liverpool Echo · Jun 22, 2022

Train strikes: Southeastern workers to be granted strike vote in July amid summer travel chaos

TSSA members at Southeastern will vote in the coming weeks, threatening a long summer of travel chaos

Evening Standard · Jun 17, 2022

Second union ballots Network Rail members over strike action

TSSA demanding a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies this year and pay increase reflecting inflation

The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2022