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28-641: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Transport Salaried Staffs%27 Association The Transport Salaried Staffs' Association ( TSSA ) is a trade union for workers in the transport and travel industries in the United Kingdom and Ireland . Its head office is in London , and it has regional offices in Bristol , Derby , Dublin , York and Glasgow . TSSA has approximately 18,000 members in
42-561: The Labour Party leadership election . TSSA National Political Officer , Sam Tarry spearheaded Corbyn's second leadership campaign . In September 2021, TSSA announced that it was in talks about merging the union with the North American Boilermakers Union with the viewpoint of completing the merger by 1 July 2022. In January 2022, union representatives voted by 88% to agree to the merger, however
56-563: The Boilermakers withdrew from the merger later in the year. In early 2022, the union was granted an injunction on an employee who has accused Manuel Cortes, the general secretary of the TSSA of sexual harassment and of bullying by senior staff members. Cortes claimed that he had no memory of the evening due to excessive drinking. The injunction forbade the woman from talking about the alleged harassment and bullying. Later that year an inquiry
70-609: The Signet and the recipient of 42 Honorary Degrees from many universities including those of Glasgow and Edinburgh in recognition of work on women and the law and on widening participation in higher education. She is President of Justice, the law reform think tank, and is also director of the International Bar Association's Institute of Human Rights. Kennedy was born on 12 May 1950 in Glasgow , Scotland, one of
84-697: The UK and Ireland. While principally a union for people in the railway industry, the effect of the nationalisation and subsequent privatisations following the Second World War has meant that it has members working for railway companies, shipping companies, bus companies, travel agencies, airlines, call centres, and IT companies. The union was founded in Sheffield in 1897 as the National Association of General Railway Clerks , although it
98-682: The educational charity Common Purpose . In 2020, she worked with the Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith and democracy activist Luke de Pulford to create the global pressure group Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China . In March 2021, China placed sanctions on her. The sanctions were condemned by the Prime Minister and led the Foreign Secretary to summon the Chinese ambassador. Kennedy became
112-603: The first Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University , serving from 1994 until 2001. She was elected principal of Mansfield College , Oxford , in July 2010 and served in the role from September 2011. She retired in 2018 and became Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University on 26 July 2018. From 1978 to 1984 she lived with the actor Iain Mitchell, and together they had a son. In 1986, Kennedy married Iain Louis Hutchison,
126-619: The four daughters of Mary Veronica (nÊe Jones) and Joshua Patrick Kennedy, nicknamed "Mae" and "Joss", respectively. Her parents were committed Labour activists and devoutly Roman Catholic . Her father, a printer with the Daily Record , was a trade union official . She attended Holyrood Secondary School in Glasgow, where she was appointed Head Girl. She studied law at the Council of Legal Education in London . In 1972, Kennedy
140-525: The same time. Later in 2023 TSSA members elected a new General Secretary, Maryam Eslamdoust , who was the first woman and the first person of colour to hold the post. Helena Kennedy Helena Ann Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws (born 12 May 1950), is a Scottish barrister , broadcaster , and Labour member of the House of Lords . She was Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford , from 2011 to 2018. A Bencher of Gray's Inn, an Honorary Writer to
154-440: The union to resign and that external auditors should be brought in to examine the union's finances. An earlier critical report which concluded that equality, diversity and inclusion objectives were not being met was not made public until February 2023. In May 2023 TSSA members elected a new President, Melissa Heywood, and Treasurer, Mary Sithole. This was the first time TSSA had elected women to both National Officer positions at
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#1732773094654168-620: Was a narrow decision to found the union. The railway companies were strongly opposed to trade unions and two earlier attempts to form a clerks' union had failed and, discouraged, the organisers decided by a majority of only one vote to try a third time - this time successfully. In 1899 it was renamed the Railway Clerks' Association ( RCA ), and in 1951 it adopted its current name. The union has been involved in at least one London Underground strike , between 6 and 7 September 2010. In July 2015, TSSA endorsed Jeremy Corbyn 's campaign in
182-411: Was called to the bar at Gray's Inn . Among her many cases, Kennedy acted as junior counsel for child murderer Myra Hindley during her 1974 trial for plotting to escape from Holloway Prison . Kennedy rebels against her party whip in the House of Lords more frequently than any other Labour Peer, having a dissent rate of 33.3%. She was Chair of Charter 88 (1992â1997) and is closely affiliated to
196-496: Was opened into the union, led by Helena Kennedy KC, to examine allegations of sexual harassment and bullying towards women within the union, with Manuel Cortes resigning with immediate effect a month later. The Kennedy inquiry reported in February 2023 that the union had seen a culture of sexual harassment and sexual assault over the course of several years along with coercive behaviour. Kennedy called for several senior leaders of
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