REUTERS - As commuters prepared for travel chaos on Monday at the start of a series of strikes on the London Underground, management and unions traded blows over new safety claims. About 200 Alstom-Metro maintenance workers on the Jubilee and Northern lines began industrial action over pay on Sunday evening, with other 24-hour strikes due to take place on Oct. 2, Nov. 1 and Nov. 27. On Monday, up to 10,000 members of the Rail Maritime and Transport and white collar TSSA union, ranging from station employees to drivers, will put down their tools late afternoon at the start of four one-day strikes to protest 800 ticket-office job cuts.
About 200 Alstom-Metro maintenance workers on the Jubilee and Northern lines began industrial action over pay on Sunday evening, with other 24-hour strikes due to take place on Oct. 2, Nov. 1 and Nov. 27.
On Monday, up to 10,000 members of the Rail Maritime and Transport and white collar TSSA union, ranging from station employees to drivers, will put down their tools late afternoon at the start of four one-day strikes to protest 800 ticket-office job cuts.
