TSSA rail union accepts pay deal from train companies

One of the smaller unions progressive successful the long-running quality with bid companies has voted to judge a colony deal.

The Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) said its 3,000 members had accepted an connection including a two-year 9% wage deal.

In December, the TSSA had accepted Network Rail's connection to settee its quality with that company.

The national has dropped ballots connected further concern action.

The TSSA is smaller than the some RMT and Aslef unions, which are inactive successful a dispute.

The national said it had won an improved wage deal, arsenic good arsenic commitments connected occupation information and afloat consultation implicit immoderate imaginable changes to presumption and conditions.

The two-year wage woody volition mean a 5% summation successful 2022/2023 oregon a minimum oregon £1,750, whichever is the greater, and a further 4% the pursuing year.

The statement besides means determination volition beryllium nary compulsory redundancies among definite grades of staff, including station-based workers and each connected committee staff, until the extremity of 2024.

Train companies progressive successful the statement see Avanti West Coast, East Midlands Railway, Govia Thameslink Railway, Greater Anglia, Great Western Railway, Northern Trains Limited, South Western Railway and TransPennine Express.

The TSSA said it continued to reason the projected closures of summons offices.

Earlier this month, the RMT national rejected the obstruction industry's latest offers.

Network Rail and the bid companies' radical had called the proposals their "best and final", but RMT brag Mick Lynch said they were "dreadful".