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Tube strike: TSSA union suspends strike after reaching deal | Tube strike: TSSA union suspends strike after reaching deal |
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One union has suspended its 48-hour Tube strike action after reaching a deal with London Underground (LU) over ticket office closures. | One union has suspended its 48-hour Tube strike action after reaching a deal with London Underground (LU) over ticket office closures. |
TSSA members will now no longer take the industrial action, which was due to start at 21:00 GMT. | TSSA members will now no longer take the industrial action, which was due to start at 21:00 GMT. |
The union has tweeted that the RMT has also called off the strike. However, the RMT has not confirmed this. | |
Talks took place at conciliation service Acas following a 48-hour strike last week that caused major disruption. | |
A TSSA spokesman said: "We have now agreed a process where all our serious concerns over safety and job losses will be seriously addressed through the normal channels. | |
"We are obviously pleased that we have agreed this process, which will allow us to suspend our strike immediately, and cancel it later when the agreement reaches us in a formal document." | |
'Positive response' | |
In a statement, Acas said Tube bosses would be writing to the unions with proposals to end the dispute. | In a statement, Acas said Tube bosses would be writing to the unions with proposals to end the dispute. |
"We are hopeful of a positive response so that the proposed industrial action will be withdrawn," it added. | "We are hopeful of a positive response so that the proposed industrial action will be withdrawn," it added. |
Transport for London (TfL) has published a list of which services it hopes to run should the RMT decide to go ahead with the strike. | |
Trains will run between 07:00 and 23:00, although services will start to wind down at 21:30. | Trains will run between 07:00 and 23:00, although services will start to wind down at 21:30. |
Talks between the unions and LU have been taking place at Acas for 11 days. | |
The dispute centres on plans to close all Tube ticket offices and cut 960 jobs. TfL has claimed its proposals - which do not involve compulsory redundancies - would save £50m a year. |