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07/10/2014
LU Workers To Strike Next Week
London Underground workers will stage a 48-hour strike next week, the RMT union has announced.
The strike is the latest in a long-running dispute over staff cuts, with the union advising its members not to book on for any shifts between 21:00 next Tuesday and 20:59 hrs on Thursday.
The strike has been planned to coordinate with industrial action also being taken by council workers and civil servants.
(MH/IT)
The strike is the latest in a long-running dispute over staff cuts, with the union advising its members not to book on for any shifts between 21:00 next Tuesday and 20:59 hrs on Thursday.
The strike has been planned to coordinate with industrial action also being taken by council workers and civil servants.
(MH/IT)
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