Fresh Tube strikes announced for Budget Day

2023-02-28

Fresh Tube strikes announced for Budget Day with RMT union set to join 100,000 civil servants in walkout

RMT union said the walkout is due to row over pensions, contracts and job losses
They join Tube drivers represented by Aslef and around 100,000 civil servants

Fresh Tube strikes have been announced for Budget Day on March 15 – with the RMT union set to join a walkout by 100,000 civil servants.

The Rail, Martine and Transport union (RMT) said the Budget day walkout has been called in the face of station staff job losses and of a funding cut to Transport for London (TfL), which is responsible for London Underground Ltd.

Around 100,000 civil servants with the Public and Commercial Services union are also planning to strike on Budget day in a long-running dispute over jobs, pay and pensions.

Tube drivers represented by the Aslef union have already announced a 24-hour strike for the same day. It added that 99 per cent of its members have come out in favour of strike action.

Now more London Underground workers are to go on strike on March 15 in a row over pensions, job losses and contracts.

Fresh Tube strikes have been announced for Budget Day on March 15. Pictured: King’s Cross station closed after a strike hit the capital in August

The Rail, Martine and Transport union ( RMT ) said the Budget day walkout has been called in the face of station staff job losses. Pictured: An RMT picket line on January 4

The campaign will commence as Jeremy Hunt is expected to announce a plan to rescue the economy in his Spring budget.

There are expected to be severe delays across the London Underground and knock-on effects on other public transport and replacement services such as buses.

The industrial action will also take place the day before another RMT strike at Network Rail and 14 train operating companies across the UK, kicking off days of chaos on the railways.

It will be the first strike on the Tube since November last year, when combined action by the RMT and Aslef brought the underground rail network grinding to a halt.

The campaign will commence as Jeremy Hunt, pictured on February 21, is expected to announce a plan to rescue the economy in his Spring budget

Mick Lynch, the general secretary of RMT said tube drivers deserve good working conditions in return for the services they provide to the capital

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: ‘Our members will never accept job losses, attacks on their pensions or changes to working conditions in order to pay for a funding cut which is the Government’s political decision.

‘Tube workers provide an essential service to the capital, making sure the city can keep moving and work long hours in demanding roles.

‘In return they deserve decent pensions, job security and good working conditions and RMT will fight and tooth nail to make sure that’s what they get.’

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