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Talks to resolve a dispute over plans to close all Tube ticket offices and cut jobs will start later in an attempt to avert another walkout. Talks aimed at averting a new round of strikes are being held to try and resolve a dispute over plans to close all Tube ticket offices and cut jobs.
Tube services were disrupted for 48 hours after members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union began strike action on Monday night.Tube services were disrupted for 48 hours after members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union began strike action on Monday night.
The union plans to strike for three days from 21:00 GMT on 5 May.The union plans to strike for three days from 21:00 GMT on 5 May.
Negotiations between the RMT and London Underground (LU) are to be held at the conciliation service Acas. Negotiations between the RMT and London Underground (LU) are being held at the conciliation service Acas.
An Acas spokesman said: "We are holding talks with all the parties involved in the London Underground Tube dispute on 2 May at 10:00 BST."
Transport for London (TfL) has said its proposals to close all ticket offices, which would lead to 960 job losses, would save £50m a year.Transport for London (TfL) has said its proposals to close all ticket offices, which would lead to 960 job losses, would save £50m a year.
Union offer
Phil Hufton, LU's chief operating officer, said the proposals were about increasing the number of staff in ticket halls.
He said: "It is not so much about the ticket office it's about the staffing within the ticket halls."
The RMT said it would have suspended the latest strike action if LU had agreed to a public consultation over the plans which do not include any compulsory redundancies.The RMT said it would have suspended the latest strike action if LU had agreed to a public consultation over the plans which do not include any compulsory redundancies.
John Leach, from the RMT, said it was up to LU whether strikes went ahead.
"We offered them an offer last Monday to suspend the action if they would suspend and halt the implementation of these booking office closures and the job cuts," he said.
"They walked away from that offer we are going to be making that offer again."
The RMT and LU have met more than 40 times through Acas since a previous 48-hour strike in February.The RMT and LU have met more than 40 times through Acas since a previous 48-hour strike in February.
On Wednesday, Mike Brown, managing director of LU, said: "I look forward to hearing constructive thoughts from the RMT, but you don't have constructive talks when you hold London to ransom."
In response, Mike Cash, RMT's acting general secretary, said the transport authority told them they could have the review but ticket offices would remain closed, which he said was "not the proper way" to conduct a review as it was "predetermining the outcome".