November Tube strike: Sixth 24-hour walkout of 2022 begins

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Victoria presumption closed during a erstwhile Tube onslaught this year

A sixth 24-hour onslaught this twelvemonth by London Underground workers has begun.

Staff from the Rail Maritime and Transport national (RMT) are striking successful a enactment implicit occupation cuts, conditions and "detrimental" pension changes.

Transport for London (TfL) apologised and advised passengers to lone question if necessary. It warned determination would beryllium constricted oregon nary Tube service.

It follows August's concern action, wherever Tube journeys were down 90%, and 2 walkouts successful June and March.

There is nary work connected the Bakerloo, Circle, District, Hammersmith and City, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Piccadilly and Waterloo and City lines.
On the Central Line determination is simply a reduced work betwixt White City, Ealing Broadway and West Ruislip
On the Northern Line a reduced work is moving betwixt High Barnet to East Finchley, Finchley Central to Mill Hill East and Edgware to Golders Green
There is nary work connected the DLR betwixt Shadwell and Bank
There volition beryllium nary London Overground services betwixt Liverpool Street, Cheshunt, Chingford and Enfield Town
While the tram and Elizabeth Line, which person bully service, and buses are expected to beryllium highly busy
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The RMT said it has offered to suspend the onslaught during talks, but accused TfL of rejecting its proposals.

General caput Mick Lynch said: "TfL person missed a aureate accidental to marque advancement successful these negotiations and debar onslaught action.

"Our members are resolute successful their determination to spot a conscionable colony to this dispute, and they volition proceed their concern run for arsenic agelong arsenic it takes."

More than 1,000 Unite members volition beryllium connected strike.

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TfL warned determination would beryllium constricted oregon nary Tube work connected Thursday

Unite wide caput Sharon Graham said: "TfL is needlessly attacking our members' wage and pensions, which Unite simply can't accept.

"The workers person the afloat enactment of their national successful warring these attacks. TfL indispensable halt behaving similar a race-to-the-bottom leader and enactment guardant an connection that is acceptable to our members."

Glynn Barton, TfL's main operating officer, said nary proposals to alteration pensions oregon conditions had been made.

TfL's caller backing statement with the authorities required it to make options astir pensions, but the organisation said if changes are to beryllium made, determination would beryllium consultations and further enactment earlier immoderate decisions are made.

London Underground workers received an 8.4% wage emergence successful April successful a four-year deal, which guarantees 15,000 Tube workers an yearly wage summation of 0.2% supra the Retail Price Index (RPI), a measurement of ostentation published by the Office for National Statistics.

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