Rail success is in the hands of the workers

Trade unions are often seen as a scourge by rail users but they’re actually the railway’s best friends

Paul Salveson
29 November 2013
Paul Salveson writes regularly for TSSA Journal and is a consultant specialising in regional rail. He established the Association of Community rail Partnerships in 1997 and pioneered the concept of community rail partnerships. His website is www.paulsalveson.org.uk
Paul Salveson writes regularly for TSSA Journal and is a consultant specialising in regional rail. He established the Association of Community rail Partnerships in 1997 and pioneered the concept of community rail partnerships. His website is www.paulsalveson.org.uk

 

Trades unions are back in the news, for all the wrong reasons. The goings-on at Grangemouth have provided the Government with an opportunity to launch an inquiry into unions, voicing mock outrage at alleged ‘intimidation’. Meanwhile, in the left corner, many trades unionists have been trying to put their side of the story of endemic ‘intimidation’, in the form of blacklisting. So what about transport? It remains a strongly unionised industry, despite the successive waves...

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Paul Salveson

Paul Salveson

Paul Salveson

Paul Salveson is a board member of Passenger Focus and a visiting professor at the University of Huddersfield. Paul’s book Railpolitik – bringing railways back to communities, was published in 2013, also by Lawrence and Wishart. The views expressed here are his own.

 



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