By IRNA,
London : London commuters face a series of travel disruptions following a second announcement of strike actions to begin next month.
The Rail Maritime and Transport union said Thursday that around 200 maintenance workers on two lines will stage four 24-hour walkouts from the evening of September 5 in a row over pay and conditions.
Further action scheduled on October 2, November 1, and November 27, while an indefinite overtime ban is also being imposed following a vote in favour of industrial action by union members.
The first action takes place a day before strikes by up to 10,000 members of the RMT union and the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA), who will walk out for 24 hours from 5pm on September 6, the same day as parliament returns from its summer recess.
Transport Secretary Philip Hammond has warned that a Tube strike would be ‘seriously damaging’, while business leaders said the walkouts will cost the economy tens of millions of pounds.