London Underground staff geared for strike | World | 3 News

London Underground’s final offer, including a two per cent rise and a £2,000 bonus for drivers working on the all-night service, was rejected by representatives from four unions – RMT, Aslef, the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) and Unite.

“London Overground, DLR, TfL Rail and trams will all operate a normal service but all public transport and roads will be much busier than usual”. There is separate strike action by the RMT on First Great Western services from Thursday 9 July for 48-hours.

The all-night service is due to begin on September 12, and will run on Fridays and Saturdays on the Jubilee, Victoria, and most of the Central, Northern and Piccadilly underground lines.

RMT, Unite and TSSA will go on a 24-hour strike action on the Tube from 6.30pm tomorrow.

Strikes on London Underground services will take place this Wednesday (July 8), with services affected until Friday (July 10).

TfL officials say they are available all day for talks in a bid to avoid a looming strike which threatens to bring the capital to a standstill.

MILLIONS of commuters will face travel misery today after last-ditch efforts to resolve a dispute over London Underground worker’s pay and hours failed to stop strike plans.

RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said: ” “The industrial relations situation on the Tube has sunk to an nearly unprecedented low with all four unions united and balloting for action over pay and working arrangements due to be ushered in under the guise of the mayor’s “night Tube” vanity project in just 10 weeks’ time””.

The strike is a result of disputes over the introduction of Night Tubes in September, as well as the annual pay package offered to Transport for London (TfL) workers.

“It is frankly ludicrous that East Coast, who are introducing the same trains, have given us the assurances we are seeking but FGW have ignored us and are crashing on with the ripping out of buffet cars and the threat to safety-critical station and train staff purely to maximise the profits from new trains bought for them by the British taxpayer”.

“We don’t accept ultimatums”, said the Tube driver.

If you think hopping on a Boris Bike could cut your journey time, good news: there’ll be extra cycle hubs from 7am-11am and 4pm-8pm on Thursday.

An Aslef spokesman said the ultimatum was “playground stuff” and talks have now broken down. After months of nothing bosses gave the unions one afternoon to consider it. We also want to minimise the impact of the Night Tube on our people, and compensate those it will affect most.