LONDON UNDERGROUND (LU) workers will be balloted on strike action by the RMT union over the threat of job losses.

The union said today that it will “resist with every tool at its disposal, including the use of industrial action,” management plans to cut costs via redundancies.

RMT advised LU and Transport for London (TfL) of its withdrawal from TfL’s so-called “transformation” programme and formally declared a dispute over this issue.