Tube strikes will cause chaos for commuters tomorrow and Thursday as 10,000 TfL workers walk out
Tube strikes will cause chaos for commuters tomorrow and Thursday as 10,000 TfL workers across the entire network walk out in row over jobs, pensions and conditions
Members of the RMT unions will walk out on Tuesday and Thursday in disputeTransport for London said it expects severe disruption across all the Tube lines The action is also likely to severely affect services on Wednesday and FridayTfL slammed the action, which is over jobs, pensions and working conditions
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Travellers in London are being warned of severe disruption to Tube services as thousands of workers are set to go on strike.
Around 10,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will walk out on Tuesday and Thursday in a row over jobs, pensions and conditions.
Transport for London (TfL) said it expects severe disruption across all Tube lines on both strike days, with people being urged to work from home if they can.
The planned action is also likely to severely affect services on Wednesday and Friday, particularly in the morning peak.
But TfL has slammed the industrial action, saying there are no proposals on pensions or terms and conditions.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union will walk out on Tuesday and Thursday. Pictured: Commuters on the London underground on January 31
It insisted that nobody has or will lose their jobs because of the proposals it has set out as it urged commuters to leave more time for journeys amid the strike action.
A TfL statement said: ‘TfL will do all it can to provide as many transport options as possible, but customers are advised to check before they travel, consider if their travel is essential and work from home if possible.
‘They should leave more time for journeys and travel at quieter times where possible.’
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said its members would be striking because of a Government ‘cuts agenda’ that would ‘savage jobs, services, safety’ and threaten working conditions.
He continued: ‘Our members will be taking strike action because a financial crisis at LU (London Underground) has been deliberately engineered by the Government to drive a cuts agenda which would savage jobs, services, safety and threaten their working conditions and pensions.
‘These are the very same transport staff praised as heroes for carrying London through Covid for nearly two years, often at serious personal risk, who now have no option but to strike to defend their livelihoods.
Commuters get off a London Underground train in the capital on Monday after the last of the Plan B measures were dropped
‘The politicians need to wake up to the fact that transport staff will not pay the price for this cynically engineered crisis.
‘In addition to the strike action, RMT is co-ordinating a campaign of resistance with colleagues from other unions impacted by this threat.’
Picket lines will be mounted outside Tube stations across the capital on Tuesday and Thursday.
The Government announced a new funding deal for TfL last week, which will run until the end of June.
RMT previously said during talks at conciliation service Acas, it had set out a framework which could have enabled the union’s executive to consider a suspension of the action.
The union claimed LU ‘dragged their heels’ and blocked a route to progress.
During the talks, the RMT said LU confirmed its worst fears that ‘nothing is off the table’ in terms of the threat to jobs, pensions, conditions and safety.
The union said the action comes after 94 per cent of its members who took part in a recent ballot voted to strike.
The BBC reported that part of the dispute is over plans by Transport for London (TfL) to cut up to 600 station posts in an effort to save money.
It says there are also concerns over pay, pensions and working conditions.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch (pictured in October) said its members would be striking because of a Government ‘cuts agenda’ that would ‘savage jobs, services, safety’
TfL has said no jobs will be cut, with the roles removed by not filling empty posts and staff choosing to leave or retire.
Andy Lord, Transport for London’s chief operating officer, previously said: ‘It is extremely disappointing that the RMT is planning to go ahead with this action.
‘TfL haven’t proposed any changes to pensions or terms and conditions, and nobody has or will lose their jobs because of the proposals we have set out.
‘I hope the RMT will get around the table with us, continue talks and call off this disruptive action, which will cause huge frustration for our customers and further financial damage to TfL and London’s economy when we should be working together to rebuild following the pandemic.
‘If the RMT does go ahead with this action, then anyone who needs to travel on March 1 and 3 should check before they make their journey, consider whether they are able to work from home and use alternative modes of transport where possible.
‘I understand the frustration this proposed strike action will inevitably cause, and can assure customers that we are doing everything we can to mitigate the impacts.
‘Making journeys will be more difficult if the RMT’s strike goes ahead, so I urge any customers to please be considerate towards each other and TfL staff.’
