Advertisement

Tube strike 2017: Night Tube workers vote to strike over 'breakdown in industrial relations'

Frustrated: Commuters waited outside Oxford Circus during a previous strike by London Underground staff: PA
Frustrated: Commuters waited outside Oxford Circus during a previous strike by London Underground staff: PA

London Underground maintenance workers have voted to strike over claims of a breakdown in industrial relations.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, including staff who work on both normal services and on the Night Tube, backed walkouts on Tuesday following a ballot.

They also voted to carry out other types of industrial action.

The result will now be considered by the RMT's executive and could lead to the first strike action on the 24-hour service since it launched six months ago.

General secretary Mick Cash said: "The level of flagrant abuse and ignorance of long-standing policies and procedures is unacceptable and the anger among RMT fleet grades members is clear following this overwhelming mandate for strike action and action short of a strike.

"The ballot result will now be considered by RMT's executive and it is down to London Underground to start taking this list of grievances seriously, to stop trying to impose fundamental changes to agreed policies and working conditions and to halt the bullying and harassment of our reps.

"RMT remains available for serious talks."

The announcement comes just hours before Tube drivers stage a 24-hour walk-out over the “forced” displacement of drivers to other depots.

Members of the RMT and Aslef unions will strike from 9pm on Tuesday sparking a full closure of the Waterloo & City lines and severe disruption on the Central line.

A spokesman for TfL said: "We urge the RMT leadership to work with us constructively on the issues it has raised rather than threaten unnecessary industrial action.”