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| Three-day London Underground strike suspended | Three-day London Underground strike suspended |
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| A three-day strike by London Underground (LU) workers, due to start on Monday evening, has been called off, the RMT union has said. | A three-day strike by London Underground (LU) workers, due to start on Monday evening, has been called off, the RMT union has said. |
| The dispute was over LU's plan to close all ticket offices and cut 960 jobs. | |
| The RMT's acting general secretary Mick Cash said they had secured "real movement and significant progress". | |
| LU Chief Operating Officer Phil Hufton said he was "pleased that Londoners will not have to endure further strike action this week". | |
| LU and the RMT met hours before the walkout was due to start at 21:00 BST. | |
| Mr Cash said that due to the "solidarity and determination of our LU members" they had been able to make progress on "the issues at the heart of this dispute in talks with the Tube management over the bank holiday weekend". | |
| He added: "Pre-conditions have been removed, protection of earnings has been agreed and we now have a viable framework for a proper review of the cuts and closures programme." | |
| 'Changing world' | |
| A 48-hour strike last week caused considerable transport disruption. | A 48-hour strike last week caused considerable transport disruption. |
| Mr Hufton said the only way to resolve the dispute was for the RMT leadership to work with LU to "shape the future of the Tube in a changing world". | |
| He added: "Modernisation of the Tube means that it is our intention to close all ticket offices, used in less than 3% of journeys, and instead deliver a vastly better customer service by bringing more staff than ever before out on to the concourses of stations at ticket machines, ticket gates and platforms - just as we delivered during the London 2012 Games. | |
| "This will also allow us to save £50m per annum to reinvest in better and more reliable train services and to keep fares down." | |
| A spokesperson for the conciliation service Acas said: "We are pleased that we have been able to assist the parties to reach an understanding that allows the industrial action this week to be withdrawn." |