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| High Court bid to halt Boxing Day Tube drivers' strike | High Court bid to halt Boxing Day Tube drivers' strike |
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| A legal bid to stop Tube drivers walking out for 24 hours on Boxing Day in a row over pay will be heard later in the High Court. | A legal bid to stop Tube drivers walking out for 24 hours on Boxing Day in a row over pay will be heard later in the High Court. |
| London Underground (LU) said only 42% of the members of Aslef union voted to go on strike and LU will challenge the validity of the strike. | London Underground (LU) said only 42% of the members of Aslef union voted to go on strike and LU will challenge the validity of the strike. |
| Aslef said it wants triple-pay and a day off in lieu for drivers for working on 26 December - a bank holiday. | |
| The union plans to strike again on 16 January as well as 3 and 13 February. | The union plans to strike again on 16 January as well as 3 and 13 February. |
| Drivers had walked out for 24 hours on Boxing Day in 2010 over pay and extra holiday. | |
| Arsenal 'postponement' | |
| Earlier, an Aslef spokesman said it does not expect LU's legal challenge to be successful and the court action would "increase ill-feeling". | |
| Describing the threat of a strike as "disgraceful", Howard Collins, LU's chief operating officer, said the firm has a long-standing agreement with all of its trade unions which covers working arrangements on public holidays. | |
| A spokesman for Boris Johnson's office said the mayor was in "total support of the legal challenge". | A spokesman for Boris Johnson's office said the mayor was in "total support of the legal challenge". |
| Two of the traditional Boxing Day football matches in the capital are in doubt. | |
| Arsenal are due to decide shortly whether to delay their match with Wolves to 27 December. | |
| A club spokesman told BBC Sport: "Arsenal are considering postponement to 27 December as one of the options." | |
| Chelsea say they are monitoring the situation ahead of their Boxing Day derby against Fulham. |