On Tuesday, London Underground and unions said there would be no further talks to avert the a 24-hour strike over plans to introduce all-night tube services. This means we’ll always have a core service even on strike days, and it could be run by retired staff like the fire brigade. It’s Londoners who will yet again suffer on their way to work, and businesses will be hit to the tune of £300m a day.
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Transport for London is advising commuters to finish their journeys before the action begins, but around 250 extra buses are being laid on during the strike.
LU’s said it is committed to getting the right work-life balance for staff by guaranteeing workers two days off out of seven, drivers will have the same weekends they have off now during the transition year, and after that, they will not be forced to continue working night tube shifts.
Commuters use their mobile devices on an underground tube train in London April 8, 2015.
He rejected suggestions that the night Tube was a populist measure that would only benefit revellers, saying it was also aimed at the city’s many shift workers who must now endure lengthy journeys by bus.
Tracey said: “The unions are actively blocking the night tube which would benefit millions of people”. But the offer was rejected.
“We urge the unions to call off the strike, put the new offer to their members and avoid further disruption to Londoners”.
All London Underground services are scheduled to stop tonight at 6.30pm and there will be no tube services tomorrow (Thursday August 6). Additional cycle hire docking stations will be open in central London.
“It is as unacceptable on Tube Lines as it is across the rest of the combine and as a result these essential maintenance staff will now be balloted for both strike action and action short of a strike”.
The subway is likely to be “exceptionally busy” from 4:30 pm and won’t return to normal until Friday, TfL said.
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In this situation, employees are entitled to take a reasonable amount of time off (unpaid) for dependants because of unexpected disruption or termination of arrangements to childcare.
