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| Tube strikes called off after union talks with London Underground Tube strikes called off after union talks with London Underground | |
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| Strikes that were expected to cause widespread disruption on the London underground on Tuesday evening and Wednesday have been called off. | Strikes that were expected to cause widespread disruption on the London underground on Tuesday evening and Wednesday have been called off. |
| The RMT union, which had called a 24-hour strike by its drivers on the Piccadilly and Hammersmith and City lines, said the action had been suspended following successful talks with London Underground management at the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas). | The RMT union, which had called a 24-hour strike by its drivers on the Piccadilly and Hammersmith and City lines, said the action had been suspended following successful talks with London Underground management at the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas). |
| The union had previously cited a range of grievances amounting to a wholesale “breakdown in industrial relations” on the lines, but said there had been “serious progress in resolving the issues at the heart of these disputes”. | The union had previously cited a range of grievances amounting to a wholesale “breakdown in industrial relations” on the lines, but said there had been “serious progress in resolving the issues at the heart of these disputes”. |
| The RMT general secretary, Mick Cash, said: “Talks with London Underground have proved to be positive and focused and as a result we have been able to make enough significant progress to allow us to suspend the strike action in both disputes that was scheduled for tomorrow evening.” | The RMT general secretary, Mick Cash, said: “Talks with London Underground have proved to be positive and focused and as a result we have been able to make enough significant progress to allow us to suspend the strike action in both disputes that was scheduled for tomorrow evening.” |
| The agreement will provide some relief to London commuters on the Piccadilly line, the tube’s fourth busiest. Action was likely to compound disruption in recent weeks that has seen a combination of poor weather, leaves on the line and a high number of trains requiring maintenance cause extreme delays and overcrowding. | The agreement will provide some relief to London commuters on the Piccadilly line, the tube’s fourth busiest. Action was likely to compound disruption in recent weeks that has seen a combination of poor weather, leaves on the line and a high number of trains requiring maintenance cause extreme delays and overcrowding. |
| However, commuters in south London using Southern rail are expected to be impacted again by another RMT conductors’ strike on Tuesday, the first day of a three-day walkout. | However, commuters in south London using Southern rail are expected to be impacted again by another RMT conductors’ strike on Tuesday, the first day of a three-day walkout. |
| Southern said it would run about 50% of its services, as an overtime ban by drivers in the Aslef union also takes effect from Tuesday, and expects its metropolitan service to be particularly affected. | Southern said it would run about 50% of its services, as an overtime ban by drivers in the Aslef union also takes effect from Tuesday, and expects its metropolitan service to be particularly affected. |