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Victoria Line Tube strike threat lifted after talks

Andrew Garnett
30 September 2009
RMT members on the Victoria Line have agreed to new working practices
RMT members on the Victoria Line have agreed to new working practices

 

London Underground today welcomed the RMT leadership's decision to abandon the completely unnecessary threat of a one-day strike on the Victoria line over changed working patterns for drivers.

LU met with the union on Monday to clarify the working arrangements, which the RMT had claimed would lead to an increase in workload. Following that meeting, the union has accepted that no drivers will work longer hours and has signed up to the same working patterns accepted with ASLEF last week.

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