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Union warns night tube strikes could last until summer

RMT tells London Underground and Sadiq Khan that its ‘fight for progressive and family-friendly working practices’ is not going to go away

STRIKES by London Underground (LU) drivers could cause “severe disruption” to night services at weekends until the summer, the RMT union warned today.

RMT members working on the Central and Victoria lines will walk out on Friday and Saturday evenings from this weekend in a dispute over rosters.

The action is set to continue until June, with passengers urged to check before they travel on the Night Tube and to use buses to complete their journeys if necessary.

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “If London Underground and the mayor [Sadiq Khan] thought this fight for progressive and family-friendly working practices was going away, they need to think again.

“RMT has repeatedly put forward cost-neutral proposals that would repair the damage unleashed by deleting 200 driver posts and which would dig LU out of this mess.

“They have ignored us and that approach will have severe consequences for Londoners through to the summer.”

LU management said that the new rosters came with assurances of no job cuts, the option of permanent work for those on part-time contracts and only scheduling up to four night-shift weekends per year.

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