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| RMT suspends strikes on London Underground | RMT suspends strikes on London Underground |
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| Two strikes which were set to cause major disruption on the London Underground (LU) for four days have been suspended. | Two strikes which were set to cause major disruption on the London Underground (LU) for four days have been suspended. |
| Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers Union (RMT) had been due to walk out from Sunday evening in a row over staffing on the network. | Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers Union (RMT) had been due to walk out from Sunday evening in a row over staffing on the network. |
| General secretary Mick Cash said Tube bosses had agreed to reinstate nearly 60% of jobs which had been cut. | General secretary Mick Cash said Tube bosses had agreed to reinstate nearly 60% of jobs which had been cut. |
| Another union previously called off the strikes after reaching an agreement. | Another union previously called off the strikes after reaching an agreement. |
| Mr Cash said station staff numbers had been "slashed" by 953 when Boris Johnson was mayor of London but "533 of those jobs will have been reinstated". | Mr Cash said station staff numbers had been "slashed" by 953 when Boris Johnson was mayor of London but "533 of those jobs will have been reinstated". |
| He continued: "That is a tremendous victory and a reflection of the resilience and determination of our reps." | He continued: "That is a tremendous victory and a reflection of the resilience and determination of our reps." |
| Tube staff had been due to strike for 16 hours from 18:00 GMT on Sunday and then walk out for another 15 hours on Tuesday. | Tube staff had been due to strike for 16 hours from 18:00 GMT on Sunday and then walk out for another 15 hours on Tuesday. |
| Similar action in January by the RMT and Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) led to the closure of much of the network. | Similar action in January by the RMT and Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) led to the closure of much of the network. |
| On Monday, the TSSA announced it would not join the planned walk outs, saying that proposals offered by Tube bosses "paved the way for a resolution". | |
| Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said he was "delighted" the strike had been called off. | |
| He described it as "an excellent deal that will ensure commuters get the service they need... and it will fix the mess created by the previous mayor". | |
| But Conservative London Assembly member Keith Prince said it appeared Sadiq Khan had "caved in and bought off the RMT by spending tens of millions of pounds on unnecessary jobs". | |
| "He has shown the RMT and the TSSA that they can get their way by striking and threatening to strike," he said. | |
| The mayor's office has said the proposals agreed with both unions would see an additional 325 new members of staff, 200 of whom will be in full-time positions. | |
| Transport for London has previously said it would address the recommendations of a report which said job cuts had caused "significant issues" for Underground passengers. | Transport for London has previously said it would address the recommendations of a report which said job cuts had caused "significant issues" for Underground passengers. |