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We've been inundated with calls about our campaign video. It's five years old, but still as relevant today - perhaps more so given the demise of franchising which now guarantees, heads, or tails, a win for the train operators.
#RailStrike
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TSSA statement on sacking of
@SamTarry
from shadow transport minister role after attending TSSA and RMT picket lines today.
"Our union is ashamed" says
@Manuel_TSSA
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Shapps out saying there’s an 8% pay offer for rail workers - there isn’t! Train operators offered 2% and want job losses, ticket office closures, pension changes.
@grantshapps
#RailStrike
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Picket at Euston Station our Avanti rep David and
@zarahsultana
MP for Coventry South. Thank you for your support. ✊
#RailStrike
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One year on 🕯️ .... Today we invite you to take a moment to remember Belly, and all the public transport workers who have died from Covid-19 whilst keeping the country moving. Rest in peace comrades.
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What a front line standing with our members!
@jeremycorbyn
@zarahsultana
&
@RMTunion
's Mick Lynch ✊
#RailStrike
#SupportRailWorkers
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Hello from a very well attended picket line at London Kings Cross!
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Read about our member, Victoria station ticket office worker Belly Mujinga, who died from coronavirus after being spat at on the concourse:
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Over the last weeks we've received unprecedented levels of support for our members ahead of today's strikes. One thing we keep getting asked is how else people can support.
Here's a few suggestions 🧵:
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Labour's Rail pledges
From bringing the railways back into public ownership, to improving disabled access: we will create a transport system
#ForTheMany
. RT↓
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TSSA spoke and voted against Starmer's Labour NEC motion barring
@jeremycorbyn
being a Labour candidate.
Our NEC member
@NicoaJukes
called it antidemocratic and said it flies in the face of Labour values.
Too right.
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Great to have our old political officer
@SamTarry
on the TSSA picket this morning
#raikstrikes
✊🌹
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If Keir Starmer doesn't understand the basic concept of solidarity on which our movement has been built then he is not worthy of leading our Party.”
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TSSA sends solidarity to
@NEUnion
and all teaching and school staff. Safety must come first 😷
Today, the National Education Union has taken the difficult decision to advise its members in primary schools that it is unsafe to return to work on Monday.
#MakeSchoolsSafe
to
#ProtectCommunities
. Click here for full statement:
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LAST CHANCE Don’t miss the chance to vote in the General Election. Registration deadline is 23:59 today. If you don’t vote you won’t have a say in your future. Register to vote here
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🧵 🌹TSSA stands in solidarity with
@SamTarry
. Sam is the former political officer of our union. He is a socialist, a trade unionist and has served loyally on Labour’s front bench. [1/7]
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As leader of the Labour Party,
@jeremycorbyn
oversaw an overall electoral swing in Labour's favour
#KeepCorbyn
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Solidarity with
@CWUnews
posties on strike today and tomorrow demanding the pay rise they deserve.
#WeStandWithOurPostie
#EnoughIsEnough
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✏️We are supporting
#bellymujinga
's family who have taken ownership of this huge petition.
Please sign and share:
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As a Labour-affiliated union, our union is ashamed of the actions of the Labour Party leadership and the anti-worker anti-union message it is sending out. This is a bad day for our movement -
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The rest of Europe says thank you to UK rail privatisation for subsidizing their nationalised rail systems
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Reacting to the news that
@SamTarry
MP has been sacked from Labour’s front bench,
@Manuel_TSSA
said:
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We can't change what happened to Belly, but we can make sure people returning to work are safe.
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A joint letter has been sent to all
@UKLabour
MPs from
@Manuel_TSSA
and
@BrendanChilton
of
@labourleave
calling for all
#Labour
MPs to reject Boris Johnson's
#BrexitDeal
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Today we are absolutely delighted to have
@LabourRichard
Leader of
@ScottishLabour
respond to our report on a transformative public future for Scottish Railways.
He said: “It’s time to end the aberration, and bring Scotland’s railways into 100% public ownership!”
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✊ Solidarity with TSSA members at Avanti, c2c and TPE and with our brothers and sisters
@RMTunion
taking strike action today!
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Today, it's two months since Belly Mujinga died from coronavirus. Please take a moment to think of all those who have lost their lives to the virus, sign the petition and demand
#JusticeforBellyMujinga
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😷🌹We can all do our bit to tackle coronavirus. Union reps - speak to bosses about paid time off for staff to get vaccinated
#LetsVaccinateBritain
My message to Labour members.
Let’s lead from the front.
Let’s vaccinate Britain.
Then, let’s rebuild our country, together.
#LetsVaccinateBritain
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This Govt’s Great British Railway plan is a pale imitation of the real deal written by
@AndyMcDonaldMP
A huge opportunity missed to create a genuine GBRail integrating track & train in a publicly owned & devolved railway.
Here's the first class version:
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Take a minute today to remember
#BellyMujinga
#justiceforbellymujinga
One year on 🕯️ .... Today we invite you to take a moment to remember Belly, and all the public transport workers who have died from Covid-19 whilst keeping the country moving. Rest in peace comrades.
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Whatever excuses the Labour Party makes about the reasons for Sam being sacked, the reality is that Sam has shown solidarity with his class and we applaud him for that. The Labour Party needs to wake up and smell the coffee. -
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If they think can win the next general election while pushing away seven million trade union members, they are deluded. We expect attacks from the Tories, we don’t expect attacks from our own Party -
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“Sam is one of us. He grew up in the trade union movement and trade unionism is in his blood. Today Sam did the right thing and stood shoulder to shoulder with rail workers striking for fairness and safety at work -
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In case you were in doubt - once again the Conservative government is failing to fund the capital's transport system - making London the poor relation to other world cities. We need proper funding for
@TfL
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Solidarity to
@RMTunion
members on strike today. Rail companies made a fortune in the Covid pandemic while rail workers risked their lives keeping the country moving. Solidarity comrades.
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TSSA members in Elizabeth Line out on strike this morning for fair pay. Cold and dark but our spirits are high!
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TSSA members in the
#ElizabethLine
are going on strike today. We've not had a pay rise in almost three years - enough is enough.
Solidarity to everyone out on picket lines today!
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Our members out on strike in Birmingham today standing shoulder-to-shoulder with
@RMTunion
members - there's power in a union!
#railstrikes
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TSSA members at York ROC with York Central MP
@RachaelMaskell
. Solidarity
#Railstrike
#Supportrailworkers
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Misleading at best from
@grantshapps
this morning on anti-strike legislation. He said govt is introducing it because ambulance unions didn’t agree minimum cover for strikes. Erm, why did govt produce legislation in October then, months before that strike?
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Upon the news that HM Queen Elizabeth has died, TSSA expresses deepest condolences to her family, friends, the country and those affected by her passing.
TSSA is cancelling planned industrial action for September and will be respecting the period of public mourning.
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As darkness falls on a cold January day let's again hear it for
@ASLEFunion
members out on strike for proper pay. It's an age old fight but worth every single ounce of effort. Solidarity!
At Waterloo this morning
@MickWhelanASLEF
is speaking to the media about why we’re taking strike action today
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Following an emergency meeting TSSA's Executive Committee (EC) has overwhelmingly voted against abolishing the post of Deputy Leader of the
#LabourParty
Statement by
@Manuel_TSSA
here...
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“The majority of regular customers I’ve spoken to at Derby want booking offices staffed and open. I’ve also had older customers raise points about assistance and customer service and safety” says TSSA Derby ticket office member
#KeepOurTicketOfficesOpen
@We_OwnIt
@RMTunion
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Maryam Eslamdoust receives 47% of the votes to become TSSA's next General Secretary.
"For the first time in its 126 year history, TSSA is led by a woman, and a person of colour too," says Maryam 👇
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Solidarity to workers on
#SouthernStrike
today. Time to take all rail back into public ownership.
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Solidarity with our comrades in
@ASLEFunion
on strike today.
@RishiSunak
's government are tying rail companies hands, preventing a deal with the rail companies.
@Mark_J_Harper
needs to get out of the way or get round the table with a fair offer for the railworkers.
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Solidarity to our ambulance workers on strike today. The NHS has been cynically and deliberately run down for years and this is where we have come to.
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🚨
#LondonTravelDisruption
:
@TfL
have left our members with no other choice but to take action to protect their jobs and t&C's. This is starting to cause widespread disruption across the city. Follow 🧵 for latest info. 👇
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TSSA says no to Labour gerrymandering.
@Manuel_TSSA
has written to
@Keir_Starmer
expressing the union’s strong opposition to moves to inflate MPs’ votes in an electoral college system
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Royal Mail management pleads poverty, but in reality £2bn has gone into shareholders’ pockets since privatisation in 2013.
Solidarity with
@CWUnews
posties on strike this week demanding the pay rise they deserve.
#PostalWorkersDay
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Labour's right to be putting
#jobsjobsjobs
first. Scaling down the furlough scheme is going to lead to job cuts for our members in travel and for millions of workers across the UK. One size fits all doesn't work. The Government must act now!
Tomorrow the government’s one-size-fits-all wind down of the furlough scheme begins, ramping up the cost to businesses just as some teeter on the brink.
The Chancellor has 24 hours to avoid a historic mistake that could cost hundreds of thousands of jobs.
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Today our members nationwide take strike action alongside
@RMTunion
and
@ASLEFunion
Once again we’ve had overwhelming public support for our members who are fighting not only against real-terms pay cuts but serious threats to T&Cs
Solidarity with everyone striking ✊
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@grantshapps
You've nicked 'Great British Railways' from
@AndyMcDonaldMP
. Shame it's not the real deal that
@UKLabour
proposed
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💥Anti-strike minimum levels of service legislation being introduced by the Conservatives has been described by TSSA as ‘unworkable, draconian and almost certainly illegal’. Full story - 👇
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Solidarity to our comrades in ASLEF who are taking strike action today for a fair deal on pay ✊✊✊🚂🚂🚂
Solidarity to our members at c2c, Greater Anglia, GTR Great Northern Thameslink, Southeastern, Southern/Gatwick Express, South Western Railwayand Island Line who are taking strike action today for a fair deal on pay.
#ASLEFStrike
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We stand in solidarity with
@SamTarry
and have serious concerns about the reselection process in Ilford South. Sam and other trade unionists are being targeted. We've had no response to our letter to Starmer and Evans 10 days ago with detailed concerns.
My statement following the conclusion of Ilford South CLP's reselection process 🌹
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TW: SUICIDE.
Ticket office staff are trained in
#SuicidePrevention
They regularly have to support people attempting to take their own lives.
We cannot afford to lose them.
#SaveTicketOffices
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✊ Solidarity with our Elizabeth Line members taking strike action over pay and pensions today. Services cancelled. Time for a decent offer on pay.
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Hello again from our lively picket line in Derby!
@RishiSunak
isn't it time you gave us a decent payrise and the job security we need? We can't all marry billionaires!
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We welcome the extension to ticket offices closure consultation but what rail users really need is for this cynical plan to cut ticket office staff to be shelved completely.
#SaveOurTicketOffices
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Total solidarity with
@ASLEFunion
- workers taking strike action have gone half a decade without a pay rise.
@MickWhelanASLEF
is right
@RailDeliveryGrp
and
@Mark_J_Harper
could negotiate an end to this today. If they had the....cojones!
Solidarity with all of our members taking strike action today on South Western, Southeastern, GTR and Southern
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Brilliant to have such strong support and solidarity from our wonderful
@ASLEFunion
colleagues in our fight to
#SaveTicketOffices
Thanks
@MickWhelanASLEF
and all. 🚆💪
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A kind member of the public bought our Derby picket line coffee in solidarity - Thank you! Our rail workers, like our nurses, deserve a decent pay rise and job security - the public get this - it's just
@RishiSunak
and his cronies that don't.
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As
@jeremycorbyn
says, making rail travel more attractive than flying is key to reducing environmental damage.
#ClimateDebate
"There has to be an expansion of our rail network all across our country if we're to get people to use trains rather than flights."
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour party.
#ClimateDebate
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A superb effort in the rain from our striking members at the West Midlands Signalling Centre fighting on pay, conditions and job security. Solidarity and well done all! 👍🚆
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Outside Kings Cross with
@jeremycorbyn
@Manuel_TSSA
@HackneyAbbott
@RMTunion
@ASLEFunion
@UKLabour
to call for rail to be brought into public ownership
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Thousands of TSSA members at Network Rail have voted for strike action and action short of a strike in a dispute over pay, conditions and job security. Full story 👇
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Whilst millionaire Grant Shapps patronises the nation with energy saving tips TSSA members are out on strike for a fair pay deal and job security.
#EnoughIsEnough
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Solidarity to every trade unionist out on strike today for
#WalkoutWednesday
@NEUnion
teachers,
@pcs_union
civil servants,
@ucu
college and university staff,
@ASLEFunion
&
@RMTunion
rail workers and
@unitetheunion
bus drivers we stand with you.
#EnoughIsEnough
#RightToStrike
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“How can our members accept an offer that has been changed after the fact?” TSSA withdraw Network Rail ballot following ‘bad faith’ actions from officials and DfT:
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Don’t miss Trade Unions Against
#Brexit
(Thursday 21st Feb, London). There will be a great panel of speakers including
@Manuel_TSSA
Cortes - for a discussion on the risks presented by Brexit and what we can do to fight back.
Details here
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BBC reporting no West Midlands Railway services are running because of strike action by members of our union.
Well done to all our members - no-one gives up a day's pay this time of year lightly. Job security, decent pay & conditions are too important.
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TSSA members out promoting
#KeepTicketOfficesOpen
today with
@We_OwnIt
and
@RMTunion
Here's TSSA ticket office supremo
@andydaisyfox
in Doncaster
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Now
@HuwMerriman
has admitted resolving rail disputes would have been cheaper than the strikes it's time the government stop wasting money and give us a fair deal.
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Do you support
@jeremycorbyn
but want a re-think and a member led decision on
#Brexit
- Join our rally this Thursday at Congres House. Free tickets here:
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💥There's no support in Parliament for government plans to scrap rail ticket offices. Not even among Tory MPs. Don't take our word for it. Watch this....
#SaveTicketOffices
No one supports plans to close our ticket offices, not even backbench Conservative MPs.
It's time for the government to take the hint.
#SaveTicketOffices
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Rail workers across the country deserve a pay rise and job security. It's that simple. We need a deal that will give us that, and the Tory government should stop blocking it.
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Time to end gravy train that subsidises foreign state owned railways at British taxpayers expense!
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TSSA nominates Keir Starmer for Leader of the Labour Party and Angela Rayner for Deputy Leader.
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Suella Braverman's speech at
#ToryPartyConference
is set to be another disturbing display of scapegoating and demonising refugees and migrants.
We stand with everyone targeted by this dangerous, racist rhetoric.
#BravermanOut
@AntiRacismDay
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✊ Can't agree more with this. Join. A. Union. Now!
A trade union is about saying "I’ve got your back, and you’ve got mine." When we stand together united we are strong.
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TSSA delegates meeting at Annual Conference in Leicester have today voted overwhelmingly to campaign in favour of a referendum on any Brexit deal agreed by Parliament once they are aware of the deal on offer.
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We don't play favourites with our members BUT there's no denying Holly the Dog who joined today's picket in York, is a pawticularly good one. Solidarity, Holly 🐾
#railstrikes
#dogsonpickets
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It’s decision time - and the country is saying to
@transportgovuk
that another failed Rast Coast rail privatisation in unacceptable. “Stay away stagecoach” and end the
#bransonbailout
@We_OwnIt
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