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Tube strikes warning: ‘No service from Tuesday until Friday’ as Sadiq Khan calls for peace talks with RMT

Tube strikes warning: ‘No service from Tuesday until Friday’ as Sadiq Khan calls for peace talks with RMT

Sir Sadiq Khan has urged the RMT union not to press ahead with a Tube strike that could cause three weeks of chaos for passengers. It came as The Standard learned that the impact of the strike could be much worse than initially expected for commuters and businesses. There could be “limited or no service” on the London Underground from Tuesday morning until Friday afternoon on each of the three weeks earmarked for the walkouts. On Wednesday, the London mayor urged union leaders to return to the negotiating table and resolve their differences with Transport for London “amicably”. The RMT, which Sir Sadiq described as a “good trade union”, has announced six 24-hour walkouts starting on March 24 and continuing in April and May. But because each of the strikes starts at midday and finishes at midday the following day, before resuming a day later, it is feared this will cause significant disruption over four consecutive days –Tuesday to Friday – in each of the weeks earmarked for action. Soon after the strikes were announced …

Tube strike hammerblow for Londoners as RMT drivers vote massively in favour of walkout over four-day week

Tube strike hammerblow for Londoners as RMT drivers vote massively in favour of walkout over four-day week

Tube drivers have voted massively in favour of going on strike in a bid to block the introduction of a four-day working week. No strike dates have been announced yet but a walkout of drivers who belong to the RMT union would cause massive disruption to the London Underground, though may not result in a total shutdown. RMT bosses have to give Transport for London two weeks’ notice of any strike action – meaning the earliest a walkout could take place would be mid-March, as no announcement is expected from the union today (Friday, February 27). The RMT opposes the way TfL is proposing to introduce a voluntary four-day week for Tube drivers because it would lengthen the working day and raise concerns about fatigue. But rival Tube drivers’ union Aslef is strongly in favour of the plans, which it regards as the “biggest improvement in working conditions for Underground train drivers in decades” and it would result in the equivalent of more than a month off. A total of 1,082 RMT Tube drivers voted …