TSSA timeline

May 9 1897: First formal meeting of the NAGRC (renamed RCA in 1899) at the Wilberforce Cafe, Sheffield.

January 1 1900: The RCA is formally registered as a trade union.

1910: RCA welcomes its first female member and becomes affiliated to the Labour party.

1914: RCA first presents the case for rail nationalisation.

February 4 1919: RCA achieves recognition by railway companies.

May 4-12 1926: RCA members join the General

Strike.

1939-45: 22,306 RCA members serve in the armed forces during the Second World War. 4,900 are recorded killed or missing in action.

1951: RCA becomes the TSSA.

1956: Equal pay achieved in British Rail.

1960: First black delegate elected to Annual Conference.

1970: BR and London Transport introduce ‘closed shop’ for most employees.

April 1972: TSSA work to rule commences in BR over pay.

1993: First woman TSSA president (Brenda Hicks) elected.

2002: Arriva Trains Northern strike become the first TSSA rail strike since 1926.

2017: TSSA is first union to become a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

2018: TSSA moves its head office of 60 years from Melton Street (near London Euston) to Devonshire Square (near Liverpool Street).

2018: TSSA launches the Inclusive Rail campaign to make railways more welcoming for LGBTQ+ people.