London tube strike called off
Both the TSSA and RMT have called off their tube strikes, which were scheduled to last from tonight at 9.00pm until Friday morning.
The unions called off their strike on the London Underground after reaching a deal over ticket office closures.
An Acas spokesperson said that “talks have adjourned at Acas this morning. London Underground will be writing to the trade unions with some proposals to end this dispute."
"We are hopeful of a positive response so that the proposed industrial action will be withdrawn."
RMT, which is about four times of the size of the TSSA, took longer to announce a deal – a now deleted tweet from the TSSA suggested that both had agreed much earlier.
Both unions @RMTunion and @TSSAunion have suspended #tubestrike following talks. More to follow.
— TSSA (@TSSAunion) February 11, 2014
A bit too hasty from the TSSA.
RMT union executives were expected to meet this afternoon, but have now announced that plans for strikes have been suspended.
The proposals accepted by the unions include a commitment by both LU and the trade unions to:
- Suspend today’s strike action;
- Two months of intensive talks, to examine LU’s proposals in detail, during which time there will be no further industrial action; and,
- As was always intended as part of the formal consultation, a review, station by station, of LU’s proposals which could result in some ticket offices remaining open. We have always been prepared to listen to constructive proposals.