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Tube strike: Unions suspend strike after reaching deal | |
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Both unions have suspended their 48-hour Tube strike action after reaching a deal with London Underground (LU) over ticket office closures. | |
TSSA has confirmed that it will no longer take the industrial action, saying it had reached an agreement to avert the strike. | |
The RMT will also call off the strike, according to conciliation service Acas. The RMT has yet to comment. | |
The strike was due to start at 21:00 GMT. | |
Talks took place at conciliation service Acas following a 48-hour strike last week that caused major disruption. | 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. | 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." | "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." |
Talks between the unions and LU have been taking place at Acas for 11 days. | 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. | 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. |