About this episode

Gareth Dennis interviews Maryam Eslamdoust about various topics including rail reform, the cost of living, and the impacts of the Iran war.

In the first of a series of chats with political leaders who are shaping the mobility landscape in the UK, I was delighted to spend a long lunch with Maryam Eslamdoust, general secretary of the TSSA. We talked about a range of subjects including union saturation into the consultancy world, the Iran war and its impacts on the cost of living, rail reform and GBR, as well as her current campaign on violence against transport workers. Join our chat in the TSSA office and on a multi-train adventure in East London - with extra bits to follow in the bonus. Head to Michael's @NetworkNewsUK for more on Liverpool Street station. Support #Railnatter at https://patreon.com/garethdennis. Merch at https://merch.railnatter.uk. Join in the discussion at https://discord.railnatter.uk. You can also buy my book #HowTheRailwaysWillFixTheFuture: https://bit.ly/HowTheRailways

People in this episode

Host: Gareth Dennis

Guest: Maryam Eslamdoust

Topics covered

• rail reform
• cost of living
• union issues
• transport worker safety
• political leadership
• Iran war impacts

Keywords

• rail reform
• cost of living
• TSSA
• Maryam Eslamdoust
• transport workers
• Iran war
• political leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TSSA, NetworkNewsUK

Products: #HowTheRailwaysWillFixTheFuture

Places: East London, Iran

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