{"id":468524,"date":"2026-03-10T22:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/468524\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T22:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:28:08","slug":"london-tube-drivers-to-strike-across-12-days-in-spring-says-rmt-london-underground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/468524\/","title":{"rendered":"London tube drivers to strike across 12 days in spring, says RMT | London Underground"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tube drivers in London<\/a> are to strike across 12 days in the spring in a row over a four-day working week, the RMT has announced.<\/p>\n

The union said that London Underground<\/a> bosses were pushing ahead with plans to condense the number of working days in the week, despite their members rejecting the proposals.<\/p>\n

The plans have been warmly supported by the train drivers\u2019 union, Aslef, which welcomes the extra days off.<\/p>\n

However, the RMT<\/a> said it had concerns about shift lengths, unacceptable working-time arrangements and the potential impact on fatigue and safety.<\/p>\n

The RMT said it had about 1,800 driver members, believed to be 40% to 50% of drivers working on the tube.<\/p>\n

There will be six 24-hour weekday strikes, starting at noon on 24 and 26 March, 21 and 23 April, and 19 and 21 May.<\/p>\n

The union said its members would also be instructed to no longer use any electronic devices issued by London Underground, including iPads.<\/p>\n

Eddie Dempsey, the RMT\u2019s general secretary, said: \u201cLondon Underground is trying to force through major changes to working patterns that have already been rejected by our members.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are clear that these proposals raise serious concerns around fatigue, safety and work-life balance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dempsey said there was still time to avoid industrial action, but he said the union \u201cwill take strike action if we cannot get a negotiated settlement\u201d.<\/p>\n

The union staged a week-long strike last September<\/a> across the London Underground \u2013 on that occasion to reduce the length of the working week.<\/p>\n

Finn Brennan, a district organiser in London for Aslef, said the strike was bizarre. He said the proposals remained voluntary, adding: \u201cIt will be the first time in the history of the trade union movement that a union has voted to strike against a shorter week and fewer days at work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Transport for London said the threatened strikes were \u201ccompletely unnecessary and will have a serious impact on London\u2019s businesses and commuters\u201d.<\/p>\n

A TfL<\/a> spokesperson added: \u201cWe shared our proposal for a four-day working week with our trade unions last year. Since then, we have been engaging with them on how best to implement the new working pattern.\u201d<\/p>\n

They said the plans would apply to only the Bakerloo line and would be voluntary, with those who wish to continue a five-day working week pattern able to do so. They added: \u201cThese changes will help us to improve reliability, improve our ability to flexibly deploy our drivers and enable us to offer a modern and efficient service while creating no additional cost.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tube drivers in London are to strike across 12 days in the spring in a row over a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-468524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}