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| Tube drivers vote to go on strike over colleague sacking | Tube drivers vote to go on strike over colleague sacking |
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| Drivers on London Underground have voted to go on strike over the sacking of a colleague for failing an alcohol breath test. | Drivers on London Underground have voted to go on strike over the sacking of a colleague for failing an alcohol breath test. |
| The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) has accused bosses of seeking to sack "effective trade union activists". | The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) has accused bosses of seeking to sack "effective trade union activists". |
| Members voted by 229 votes to 221 to take action. The turnout was 42%. | |
| London Underground had urged union members to vote against industrial action, saying the driver had been dismissed for failing two breath tests. | |
| Nigel Holness from the transport authority has said: "We have a zero tolerance policy towards drugs and alcohol." | Nigel Holness from the transport authority has said: "We have a zero tolerance policy towards drugs and alcohol." |
| RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said his union would now consult extensively with its representatives before deciding its next move in the dispute. | RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said his union would now consult extensively with its representatives before deciding its next move in the dispute. |
| Legally, the union needs to give seven days' notice but the RMT said it was unlikely that it would staged be that soon. | |
| "The union remains available for talks, at Acas if necessary, and, as we have already stated, we are ready to abide by any decision made at an employment tribunal and cannot understand London Underground's reluctance to agree to that course of action," he said. | "The union remains available for talks, at Acas if necessary, and, as we have already stated, we are ready to abide by any decision made at an employment tribunal and cannot understand London Underground's reluctance to agree to that course of action," he said. |
| In December, RMT workers held a 24-hour strike on the Northern line over the same issue. | In December, RMT workers held a 24-hour strike on the Northern line over the same issue. |