THE union Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) took its first step inside Abellio’s Fort William call centre last week.
Last week The Oban Times reported TSSA had ‘won a battle’ with the Dutch rail company over the rights of its workers in Scotland to belong to a union. TSSA organisers were granted access to the Fort William-based national call centre where at least 57 employees have, until now, been denied union rights since Abellio took over the ScotRail franchise in 2015.
It came after TSSA general secretary Manuel Cortes spoke to the media about a lack of response to requests from TSSA to be given access to Fort William employees.