Disruption to the London Underground is expected from 5pm on Wednesday 8 July as workers go on 24-hour strike.
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London Underground’s final offer, including a two per cent rise and a £2,000 bonus for drivers working on the all-night service, was rejected by representatives from four unions – RMT, Aslef, the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) and Unite.
The latest update from Aslef, sent out on Tuesday, said the strike action “will go ahead” after last-minute talks to clench a deal failed to reach an understanding.
In recent strikes, LU has been able to run a reduced service.
There is also a planned 24-hour walkout by members of the drivers’ union Aslef, which begins at 9.30pm on Wednesday evening.
General secretary Mick Cash said: “RMT has made every effort to secure a series of very basic assurances from FGW over jobs, services and safety as a result of the introduction of the new Hitachi fleet and they have shown no intention of addressing those issues in the talks today”.
Strikes on London Underground services will take place this Wednesday (July 8) until Friday (July 10). It warned that all public transport and roads would be much busier than usual.
We are available for talks at Acas all day.
In separate strike action First Great Western staff are on strike for 48 hours from Wednesday evening affecting services from Paddington and engineers on the Southern Trains network will be staging a 5 day strike from Sunday which may affect services.
The offer is said to have included a 2% wage increase in exchange for working shifts in the early hours, with a lump sum of £500 for those staff who will be affected. “We aren’t opposed to all night services but we want them introduced in a fair and sensible way which rewards staff for their hard work and the contribution they make”.
“Our members are entitled to a family life and to some sort of work-life balance”, Finn Brennan, district organizer for the union, said last month. They realised it would not be possible for us to accept their ultimatum.
London Underground’s chief operating officer Steve Griffiths said: ” “Londoners and businesses overwhelmingly back the night Tube””.
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“With the copious amount of technology we now have on offer, it is advisable for London office workers to stay put during the strike and work remotely instead of trying to battle it in to the office via another means of transport”.
