Everything you need to know about next week's London Underground strikes
The action follows a dispute over a voluntary four-day week, with TfL saying 35% of drivers want the Bakerloo line pilot.
- The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union plans 24-hour strikes on Tuesday, June 2, and Thursday, June 4, causing significant disruption to the London Underground as disputes over a proposed four-day work week continue.
- Transport for London proposed a voluntary 35-hour, four-day work week, but RMT officials rejected it, demanding a 32-hour model instead while citing concerns about driver fatigue caused by longer shifts.
- While TfL maintains the new pattern is voluntary and offers an extra 35 days off annually, the RMT branded the plan a "fake" four-day week, arguing it compresses five days of work into four.
- Commuters should expect no service on the Piccadilly and Circle lines during the strikes, as Claire Mann, chief operating officer at TfL, urged the union to "work with us so we can resolve this dispute."
- ASLEF, the other union representing Tube drivers, has already accepted the proposal, while the RMT faces a decision on whether to continue strikes or engage in further negotiations regarding roster patterns and safety issues.
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Transport for London (TfL) has urged passengers to check before travelling ahead of planned strike action by Tube drivers who are members of the RMT union on 2 and 4 June, warning that services across parts of the Underground network will be disrupted. The industrial action is linked to an ongoing dispute over proposals for a voluntary four-day working pattern for Tube drivers. TfL maintains that participation in the new arrangement would be ent…
Londoners reminded to check before they travel ahead of planned RMT strike action on the Tube
Transport for London (TfL) is asking that customers check before they travel, ahead of industrial action by Tube drivers who are members of the RMT union on 2 and 4 June. The strike action comes as part of a dispute around RMT objections to proposals for drivers to work a four-day working pattern. TfL has repeatedly given the RMT assurances that the four-day working pattern would be completely voluntary, and has set out that many of the concerns…
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