The tube union, the RMT has announced that it will be holding three tube strikes over the next few weeks.

In addition, ASLEF, which represents 85% of tube drivers is also expected to announce matching strikes, so the impact is likely to be severe.

The first RMT strike starts at 9pm on Tues 26th January — so the biggest impact is actually on the Wednesday (27th Jan) with services shut-down all day, with some disruption possible on the Thursday morning as well.

The biggest impact though will be next month, when two strikes are planned for the same week — at 9pm on 15th and 17th Feb.

Therefore, the likely impact will be on Tuesday 16th and Thursday 18th February — with some disruption on the Wednesday.

On all the evenings when the tube strike officially start, the service is likely to start winding down from around 7pm.

The strike is over the Night Tube plans, along with disputes over pay and staff cuts.

TfL for its part says that the wage offer it has made is generous, but that it can’t accede to the demands for a shorter working week.

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3 comments
  1. Sykobee says:
    11 January 2016 at 4:32 pm

    I see that TfL are getting their response out early – “can’t accede to a shorter working week” – which is meant to annoy commuters, who typically work more than 40 hours a week after lunches.

    In about 2 weeks the unions will get their act together and actually point out that the actual sticking point is something else in the negotiations. But the damage will have been done in the media-reading commuter’s minds.

    • Ian Visits says:
      11 January 2016 at 4:50 pm

      Actually, the unions have been arguing for a shorter working week for a the past few months, and TfL said it would consider a trial for some roles.

      Although only one part of the dispute, it’s been around for a while, and hardly a case of TfL getting a response out early, as they had already commented on the issue last year.

  2. GT says:
    12 January 2016 at 7:55 am

    AIUI, the real problem is that there are two entirely separate issues:
    (1)The “Night Tube” & (2) new “normal” terms & conditions.
    And TfL are insisting that the two be negotiated together, rather than separately.
    There is also the, err, strong suspicion, shall we say, that the bloke on the left in the picture will insist on interfering in negotiations & making public posturing positions – which certainly doesn’t help…

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