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| Up to 1,000 London Underground workers are to take part in two 72-hour strikes in a row over pay and conditions. | Up to 1,000 London Underground workers are to take part in two 72-hour strikes in a row over pay and conditions. |
| The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said members working for maintenance firm Tube Lines would walk out on 20 August and on 3 September. | The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said members working for maintenance firm Tube Lines would walk out on 20 August and on 3 September. |
| The RMT claimed the company's pay offer would leave staff worse off than those working in other parts of the network. | The RMT claimed the company's pay offer would leave staff worse off than those working in other parts of the network. |
| Tube Lines previously said its pay and conditions were "very competitive and amongst the best in the industry". | Tube Lines previously said its pay and conditions were "very competitive and amongst the best in the industry". |
| Maintenance workers voted by more than three-to-one in favour of industrial action. | |
| They are protesting at a 4.85% pay offer, which the union said was an inferior deal to one accepted on behalf of staff employed on Metronet contracts. | They are protesting at a 4.85% pay offer, which the union said was an inferior deal to one accepted on behalf of staff employed on Metronet contracts. |
| 'Inferior deal' | |
| Tube Lines maintains track and trains on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines and operates emergency response units across the underground network. | |
| Their staff will walk out at 12noon next Wednesday and again from noon on 3 September. | |
| The RMT has also announced that more than 700 Tube cleaners will strike for a third time in their bid to secure a London living wage. | The RMT has also announced that more than 700 Tube cleaners will strike for a third time in their bid to secure a London living wage. |
| The union said its members, who are employed by four cleaning contractors, will not turn up for their shifts on 21 August. | The union said its members, who are employed by four cleaning contractors, will not turn up for their shifts on 21 August. |
| Bob Crow, RMT general secretary, said Tube Lines employees did the same work as those on Metronet contracts and were not prepared to be "worse off". | |
| "Tube Lines has made enormous profits on the backs of our members' hard work, yet they seem to expect that they will accept an inferior deal on pay, pensions and conditions," he said. |