""The mayor has to intervene. He keeps telling us to return to the negotiating table - well, if he invites us to a meeting, we will attend. "Our members are not asking for a king's ransom. We want progress towards recognition about the impact of shift work. "We are not asking for an immediate drop from a 35-hour week to 32. We have been discussing this since 2018 and we are open to discussions.""
""I think Londoners will rightly be fed up with the disruption from Tube strikes ..... as parents try and drop their kids off at school, get to hospital appointments, get to work. "We want to see RMT and TfL get back around the table when it comes to these strikes, work together in good faith to resolve this situation in the interests of passengers.""
Tube and Docklands Light Railway services were hit by staff walkouts during a second full day of RMT industrial action, bringing the Underground network to a virtual standstill. Strikes are set to continue all week with further action threatened. RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey said industrial relations on London Underground have collapsed and called on Mayor Sadiq Khan to intervene. TfL denies plans to close ticket offices. The union seeks recognition of shift-work impacts and says members are not demanding an immediate reduction from a 35-hour to a 32-hour week, noting discussions have been ongoing since 2018. Government and the mayor urged a return to negotiations.
Read at www.standard.co.uk
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