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RMT votes for Tube strike.

March 27, 2008 on 10:17 pm | In RMT |

As previously mentioned in an earlier Blog posting the RMT were in dispute with LUL. The RMT have now announced the results of the strike ballot. RMT’s strike ballot saw 1,673 members vote for action with 333 voting against. Members have voted by a margin of five to one for strike action.

TSSA have also voted for strike action and it is rumoured that both strikes will happen on the same day to maximise disruption. However these are only rumours and have not been confirmed.

The unions together represent 7,500 station staff and drivers. Both unions have said safety standards are at risk due to LULs new plans to close 40 ticket offices. They also have concerns about staff working alone and plans to introduce “mobile supervisors” at stations.

The strike dates will be announced at a press conference tomorrow at 11:30am. As soon as we know the dates we will announce them on this blog.

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