London Underground station staff to stage 24-hour strike on 6 June
London Underground station staff will stage a 24-hour strike on Monday 6 June, the day after the platinum jubilee holiday weekend, in a dispute over job cuts.
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) has called 4,000 members out on strike in protest at Transport for London’s plans to cut 600 posts to reduce costs.
The walkout follows two strikes in a week in early March, and is likely to reduce tube services and close stations in central London.
The union has also announced an overtime ban from 3 June, which could affect the underground during the jubilee celebrations.
Only station staff, rather than the 10,000 RMT members who walked out in March, will be involved in the June strike, as the union attempts to highlight the area in which posts will be cut under the Transport for London (TfL) proposals.
TfL has argued it needs to urgently instigate changes to reduce running costs, with revenues still down significantly since the coronavirus pandemic, and London still reliant on additional emergency Treasury funding to balance the books.
Andy Lord, the TfL chief operating officer, said the action was unnecessary and designed to disrupt the jubilee weekend. He added: “It is particularly surprising that the RMT has threatened to spoil this moment when the nation is coming together as nobody has or will lose their jobs as a result of the proposals we have set out and there have been no proposals on pension changes.
“If the RMT chooses to go ahead with this unnecessary action, we will do everything we can to minimise any disruption and ensure everyone can still make the most of the capital throughout the jubilee weekend.”
Lord said no one would lose their jobs under TfL plans, which would reduce staff numbers by
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