Manuel Cortes

Manuel Cortes (born 2 May 1967) is a British trade unionist who served as the General Secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) between 2011 and 2022.

[5] In 2022, Cortes was accused of sexual harassment by a former TSSA employee, something which he vehemently denied and which had not been upheld after an internal investigation.

[6] In February 2023, the report of an investigation by a Labour Party member of the House of Lords that was requested by the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) was published.

[8] In June 2023, delegates at the TSSA annual conference rejected appeals from former General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, and former Interim Organising Director, Luke Chester, after they were both dismissed for gross misconduct.

Delegates heard from Cortes and Chester by video link during a closed session of the gathering in Cork, Ireland.

Cortes speaking at the 2016 Labour Party Conference
Manuel Cortes (right) with Mick Whelan (left) and Paul Nowak at the Protest for an Affordable Railway under Public Ownership at London Waterloo in 2015