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Tube strike: Unions suspend strike after reaching deal 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.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. TSSA and the RMT have confirmed they will no longer take the industrial action, saying they 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.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.
The dispute centres on plans to close all 260 Tube ticket offices and cut 960 jobs.
'Golden opportunity'
LU said it had proposed two months of intensive talks with the unions, starting on Wednesday.
A station-by-station review will also take place, which Tube bosses said could result in some ticket offices remaining open.
RMT general secretary Bob Crow said the union had received proposals to halt the implementation of the job cuts, which gave the union the opportunity to discuss the changes "away from the pressure cooker".
"We now have a golden opportunity to look again in detail at all of the concerns we have raised about the impact of the cuts on our members and the services that they provide to Londoners.
"That is exactly what we have been calling for throughout this dispute."
Mr Crow added that the strike action would be back on if there was "any further attempt to impose change from above".
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. TfL has claimed its proposals - which do not involve compulsory redundancies - would save £50m a year.