TSSA general secretary hopeful Maryam Eslamdoust
URGENT action is needed to stop horrific verbal and physical assaults on transport workers across London, TSSA said today.
The transport union’s members running buses, trains, trams and other services across the capital told the Morning Star that a growing numbers of attacks and passengers carrying guns, knives and even an axe have left many fearing for their lives at work.
TSSA president Melissa Heywood slammed the “unacceptable” situation, while Maryam Eslamdoust, who is running to become the union’s next general secretary, warned that what Transport for London (TfL) staff are facing is “nothing short of a horror show.”
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