London Underground strikes today: Industrial action by RMT members after talks fail to resolve dispute
There will be more strike action on the London Underground today after talks in the ongoing dispute broke down.
Commuters are set to face delays on Thursday (June 4) as London Underground drivers go on strike. Fresh disruption is likely for travellers in the capital amid industrial action by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT).
Drivers initially walked out on Tuesday after last-ditch talks failed to resolve a dispute over a four-day week. Despite the two sides meeting for five hours on Monday, with the assistance of conciliation service Acas, the talks ended without any resolution.
Picket lines would again be mounted outside Tube stations on Thursday and the union said it expected the strike to be solidly supported. The RMT added that talks were expected to resume next week.
A Transport for London (TfL) spokesperson said: “We are grateful to our customers for their patience while they made their journeys in spite of the disruption on our network caused by the RMT’s industrial action. Oyster and contactless card taps were only down by around 10% across the whole day, showing that Londoners and visitors to the city were still able to travel despite the strike action.
“We managed to run services on most lines, with the Jubilee line in particular running almost 90% of normally scheduled kilometres. We also saw that over 60% of drivers came to work across the day, helping millions of people travelling across the city get around as easily as possible.
“We continue to urge the RMT to work with us to resolve their questions on the proposed four-day week and to suspend any future action while that work is completed.”