""Our strike is about TFL's refusal to even discuss a small reduction in the working week, despite us making clear in negotiations that we want to see moves towards a four-day, 32-hour week to tackle fatigue and protect staff health. "Our claim also includes industry-standard 'Priv' travel concessions that lots of other railway workers already receive. These conditions help retain skilled staff and reduce the hidden costs of turnover, overtime and fatigue-related absence. "TFL's claims of hundreds of millions in extra costs are back-of-a-fag-packet maths.""
""Starmer's weakness nationally and Khan's weakness in London are why these tube strikes are happening. They caved in to other union pay demands and in doing so encouraged these.""
Multiple London Underground lines including Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria, Bakerloo, Central, District and Waterloo & City were suspended, with partial Docklands Light Railway disruption and other lines reporting good service. The stoppage began Sunday evening and is expected to continue until Friday morning. The RMT demands a 75% rail travel discount for workers and a four-day, 32-hour working week, estimated to cost £200 million and require extra hires. Transport for London called the demands unaffordable while a Conservative figure estimated a £230 million hit to the British economy and attributed political weakness as a factor.
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