London Tube workers will stage two days of strikes in October amid an ongoing dispute over job losses and safety concerns. The RMT says station staff face higher workloads, more lone working and increased fatigue. Summer Tube strike plans were suspended after progress in pensions and jobs negotiations, and ASLEF reached a deal with TfL. RMT warns that proposed station staff cuts will produce more unstaffed stations, temporary closures and rising passenger anger. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch says cuts will produce unacceptable shortages and that the action will shut down the Tube, calling on Mayor Sadiq Khan to meet.
Station staff have had enough of having their livelihoods threatened by job losses and attacks on their terms and conditions. Station staff have a vital role to play assisting vulnerable passengers access the network safely and ensuring that the tube is a safe environment for passengers. These job cuts and attacks on conditions are going to lead to more unstaffed stations, temporary closures and rising passenger anger.
TfL has had its budgets slashed but the savings made by these station staff cuts will be negatable and will lead to shortages that are unacceptable. This strike action will lead to the tube being shutdown and we call on Mayor Sadiq Khan to meet us
Alongside the UK-wide train strikes, London Tube workers are planning two days of walkouts this October. Despite a resolution being met before the strikes planned for July went ahead, the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has announced that the industrial action will continue due to the dispute over job losses and safety concerns which has been ongoing since last year.
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