Strikes are set to disrupt travel in London today and on Thursday, with some London Underground train drivers staging two 24-hour walkouts over proposed changes to their working hours.
The RMT union said yesterday that the walkouts would go ahead as employer Transport for London (TfL) had “failed to provide assurances on our members’ deeply held concerns” around fatigue, reduced flexibility and shift lengths.
TfL said it was disappointed that the union had chosen to go ahead, despite assurances over the new working pattern.
The union called off planned strikes last month to allow for further talks with TfL.
The strikes do not affect the entire underground network, but some lines are expected to have no service, according to the TfL website
Train services will start late and finish early, with levels varying across the network, they added.
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