Negotiations officer Steve Coe said: "We must question why Jarvis is continuing with its renewals work having already handed back maintenance contracts to Network Rail. Jarvis has run out of credibility in the rail sector. Surely it is time it moved out of rail completely.

"Not only is Jarvis dragging down the reputation of its hard-working staff but it is taking the reputation of the rest of the sector down with it. Jarvis ought to quit rail, not only for the good of the company, but for the good of the whole industry.

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Notes to Editors

1. TSSA represents 33,000 members in administrative, clerical,
managerial, professional and technical jobs in the railways, buses, the
London Underground, the travel trade, canals, ports and ferries, and road
haulage.

TSSA calls for Jarvis to get out of rail