Manuel Cortes
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| Date of birth | May 2,1967 |
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| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Gibraltar |
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About Manuel Cortes
Manuel Cortes is the General Secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association.
TSSA: Report finds bullying and harassment at transport union
... The union commissioned the report last September following allegations of sexual harassment against the then general secretary Manuel Cortes...
Rail strikes: Only one-in-five trains to run in latest walk-out
... Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the TSSA union, described the workers demands as " reasonable" saying his members deserved a pay rise after several years of wage freezes...
Rail strikes: Passengers urged not to travel during walkout
... The TSSA s General Secretary Manuel Cortes added: " We do not take this action lightly...
Rail strikes: Thousands more workers to vote on action
... TSSA general secretary Manuel Cortes said: " We could be seeing a summer of discontent across our railways if Network Rail don t see sense and come to the table to face the concerns of their staff...
Elizabeth line: Passengers relish chance to ride new service
... Although there was praise for the engineers involved, the ticketing system was described as a " dog s breakfast" by Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) trade union...
Rail unions vow to fight government strike threat
... " Meanwhile, Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association, said: " What we are seeing here is desperate nonsense from the Tories who have chosen to attack working people in our union who kept the railways running every single day of the pandemic...
Will there be a national rail strike?
... Its General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has warned of a " summer of discontent" if the Department for Transport, train companies and Network Rail don t propose pay increases " which at least match inflation"...
Coronavirus: face mandatory coverages on the public transport in England
... transport companies will be able to refuse the carriage or the question of fines for passengers, the said break the rules the head of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) Manuel Cortes: That you do not need to use it as a green light among the General population the public transport...
Rail unions vow to fight government strike threat
Rail unions have reacted with fury to a government threat to make Strike action illegal unless a minimum number of train staff work during a walkout.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said a law would protect freight shipments of goods such as food and fuel.
But unions vowed " fierce resistance" to any curb on The Right to Strike , calling The Move " authoritarian" and " desperate nonsense".
Some 40,000 Rail workers are being balloted over taking industrial action.
The ballot of National Union of Rail , Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) members closes on Tuesday and the results are likely to be known The Following day.
The RMT claims that The Strike - involving members of 15 train operating companies and Network Rail - could be the biggest " in modern history" and bring the country " to a standstill".
Mr Shapps that unions were using strikes as a first resort rather than a last measure.
He cited A Promise that that it " will require that a minimum service operates during transport strikes".
He told the newspaper: " We had a pledge in there about minimum service levels. If they really got to that point then minimum service levels would be a way to work towards protecting those freight routes and those sorts of things.
" We very much hope they will wake up and smell the coffee. "
However, RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said " any attempt" by Mr Shapps to " make effective Strike action illegal on the railways will be met with the fiercest resistance from RMT and the wider trade union movement".
He was joined by Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham Who Said The Union " will confront head-on and by whatever means necessary, any further attacks on The Right to Strike ".
She called it " a cynical, authoritarian move" adding: " A worker's right to withdraw their labour is inalienable in any democracy worth its name. "
Meanwhile, Manuel Cortes , General Secretary of The Transport Salaried Staffs' Association, said: " What We Are seeing here is desperate nonsense from the Tories who have chosen to attack Working People in our union who kept the railways running every single day of the pandemic. "
'Pay freezes'In its manifesto, the Conservatives said: " Rail workers deserve a fair deal, but it is not fair To Let the trade unions undermine the livelihoods of others. "
The RMT said The Strike is over pay, terms and conditions as well as planned job cuts. It said its members are facing " pay freezes, threats to jobs and attacks on their terms and conditions".
Network Rail plans to shed 2,500 maintenance jobs in order to make £2bn worth of savings.
Network Rail - which maintains the railways and carries out vital functions such as signalling - has not been involved in a national Strike since 1994. There are concerns a walkout by its workers could affect both passengers and The Movement of goods by train, such as fuel and food.
Although Rail makes up a relatively small proportion of all freight, this has been increasing because of the Lorry Driver shortage, and environmental considerations.
Source of news: bbc.com
