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London braces for further Tube strikes amid new plan to shed 600 jobs
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London could be hit by further Tube strikes after transport bosses outlined plans to shed 600 posts to combat the effects of the pandemic on the capital’s finances.
Transport for London (TfL) is poised to impose a recruitment freeze on customer services jobs, with about 250 currently unfilled and further 350 posts to go as and when staff leave.
The RMT union said it would ballot its London members for industrial action to stop what it called a “cynically engineered crisis”, while the TSSA branded the timing ahead of Christmas “shameful”.
Strikes have already been called in response to changes over working conditions around the night tube, with RMT members on affected lines walking out at weekend evenings until Christmas, and a 24-hour strike
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