Mick Lynch urges Sadiq Khan to call off pensions review and ‘join RMT in campaign for funding’
are facing a day of transport chaos after a 24-hour strike by Tube drivers and station staff started on Wednesday morning.
The seventh strike to close the Tube in just over a year comes on budget day, as unions protest against government-led policies that could hit staff pensions and mean job cuts.for 24 hours in an ongoing dispute over pensions and planned changes to staffing of the Underground network. About 10,000 RMT members at stations are holding a concurrent strike, the seventh across the capital in just over a year. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch urged mayorto call off the pensions review and halt a recruitment freeze that will eventually mean 600 fewer station staff.
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