RMT union calls off tube strikes planned for coming week | London Underground

Members of the RMT union at London Underground have referred to as off plans to strike over the approaching week, as transport officers urged tube practice drivers to comply with swimsuit.

The RMT mentioned it had suspended its deliberate week-long motion, which had been as a consequence of start on Friday night, after receiving a considerably improved pay supply from tube bosses.

Aslef, the practice drivers’ union, has but to name off plans for a extremely disruptive strike by tube drivers subsequent Thursday and one other the next Tuesday, however the Guardian understands it’s going to meet London Underground on Monday for talks.

Transport for London urged the union to take a cue from its fellow union and name off the motion.

A spokesperson for the RMT, whose members embrace signalling and station employees, mentioned: “London Underground have sensibly deserted their proposed modifications to pay buildings, which now means all our members will obtain the identical worth in any pay award.

“Additional discussions will happen subsequent week relating to the pay supply however progress has been made which might not have been potential with out the fortitude and industrial power of our 10,000 members on London Underground.”

Earlier than the strike was referred to as off, RMT upkeep employees had been as a consequence of strike for twenty-four hours from Friday night. Observe entry controllers and management centre employees have been to stage a 24-hour walkout on Saturday, and its emergency response unit was anticipated to do the identical on Sunday.

This may have been adopted by practice employees, engineers and controllers placing from Monday to Wednesday, with TfL warning of extreme disruption, with most traces not operating on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Driver and administration employees members at Aslef are nonetheless on the right track to stroll out on 7 and 12 November, with TfL warning that no service is about to run on lately. Some members who drive upkeep trains will nonetheless cease work for twenty-four hours from 6pm on Friday.

Scheduled tube strikes have been referred to as off earlier than happening in latest months. An Aslef strike deliberate for Might was referred to as off in April after the union mentioned a TfL proposal resolved the important thing points within the dispute.

Rail passengers on nationwide routes additionally acquired some respite from industrial motion after Aslef and RMT members voted in September to just accept pay affords, ending a long-running dispute that had disrupted providers throughout the nation for greater than two years.

Claire Mann, TfL’s chief working officer, mentioned: “We’re happy that the RMT has suspended its deliberate industrial motion on the London Underground community to permit additional talks. We imagine that our supply is honest, reasonably priced, good for our colleagues and excellent news for London.

“We are going to proceed to work carefully with all our commerce unions, and urge Aslef to additionally name off its deliberate motion subsequent week. If it goes forward clients ought to examine earlier than they journey as throughout their strikes on 7 November and 12, there might be little to no service.”