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| Tube workers to stage industrial action across all London Underground lines, RMT union announces | Tube workers to stage industrial action across all London Underground lines, RMT union announces |
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| London Underground maintenance workers have said they will take industrial action across all Tube lines, threatening more disruption for commuters. | London Underground maintenance workers have said they will take industrial action across all Tube lines, threatening more disruption for commuters. |
| RMT union leaders said a breakdown in relations was the reason for staff beginning a "work to rule" from Tuesday 7 March. | RMT union leaders said a breakdown in relations was the reason for staff beginning a "work to rule" from Tuesday 7 March. |
| General secretary Mick Cash blamed Transport for London (Tfl) for "ignorance" of policies and procedures including what the union called a lack of consultation over staffing levels. | General secretary Mick Cash blamed Transport for London (Tfl) for "ignorance" of policies and procedures including what the union called a lack of consultation over staffing levels. |
| A TfL spokeswoman said: "We urge the RMT leadership to work with us constructively on the issues it has raised rather than threaten unnecessary industrial action." | A TfL spokeswoman said: "We urge the RMT leadership to work with us constructively on the issues it has raised rather than threaten unnecessary industrial action." |
| RMT "fleet grades" members have been told not to work any overtime or attend training outside normal working hours, not to switch shifts and not to work unless a first aid-trained employee is on site. | |
| The union claimed its representatives had been "actively" attacked and that TfL had breached its agreement over the Night Tube. | |
| Sixty-seven per cent of members voted for strike action in a recent ballot, with 88 per cent backing action short of a strike, on a 43 per cent turnout. | |
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