TSSA union hit – again – by bullying and victimisation complaints, as GMB rep suspended

The management team of the TSSA rail staff union has been accused of attempting to ‘silence dissent’ by suspending a GMB union rep – and of ‘presiding over a culture of bullying, harassment, and trade union victimisation’. TSSA: here we go againPrevious complaints against the same representative in question had already been dismissed after an independent investigator found them to be without foundation. The GMB says that it ‘contends that those complaints and this current suspension represent an attempt to smear and silence their representative’. An indicative ballot of GMB members working for TSSA saw a unanimous vote in favour of taking industrial action in support of the dispute if necessary, mirroring a similar unanimous strike ballot last year. We are calling for the suspension to be lifted, and for meaningful engagement to implement the recommendations of the Kennedy Report.