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| Three-day Tube strike called off | Three-day Tube strike called off |
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| A three-day strike by thousands of Tube maintenance workers has been called off, according to the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union. | |
| The RMT had threatened to go ahead with industrial action on Sunday in a row over the transfer of 250 jobs. | The RMT had threatened to go ahead with industrial action on Sunday in a row over the transfer of 250 jobs. |
| Metronet, which maintains two-thirds of the network, will no longer send staff to work for parent company Bombardier, according to an RMT statement. | |
| The union described Metronet's move as "a dramatic about-turn". | |
| Talks between the union and Metronet were said to have collapsed earlier on Friday. | |
| 'Sensible outcome' | |
| Posts and individuals Metronet had intended to transfer to Bombardier will now remain in-house, the RMT said. | |
| Escalator refurbishment will no longer be outsourced, it continued, while talks will be held aimed at bringing cleaning contracts and lift refurbishment back in-house. | |
| "This is the sensible outcome we sought for from the start," said RMT general secretary Bob Crow. | |
| "Our Metronet members deserve congratulating for standing solidly together to defend their organisation, jobs and conditions and to prevent further dangerous fragmentation." | |
| Metronet were unavailable for comment. |