Commuters using the London Underground are being warned they face delays next week due to strikes.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union will walk out next Tuesday and Thursday (March 1 and 3), threatening disruption to Tube services across the capital.
The union said that talks had been held with London Underground (LU) in relation to a dispute over jobs, pensions and conditions.
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But said the company had “dragged their heels”.
Transport for London (TfL) is now warning of “severe delays” and says anyone who can work from home on Tuesday or Thursday should do so.
Andy Lord, TfL’s chief operating officer, said: “If the RMT does go ahead with this action, then anyone who needs to travel on 1 and 3 March should check before they make their journey, consider whether they are able to work from home and use alternative modes of transport where possible.
“I understand the frustration this proposed strike action will inevitably cause, and can assure customers that we are doing everything we can to mitigate the impacts.
“Making journeys will be more difficult if the RMT’s strike goes ahead, so I urge any customers to please be considerate towards each other and TfL staff.”
The says there could be some stations closed and “little to no service” at others, making commuting across the capital more difficult.
When is the tube strike?
The RMT is planning on striking from 00:01 to 23:59 on Tuesday and Thursday. The industrial action is expected to have a knock-on effect on Wednesday and Friday.
It is expected to have the potential to close the network.
Why are staff striking?
The RMT has raised concerns about plans to axe a number of posts and reform the pension scheme’s in a bid to save cash.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “Our members will be taking strike action next week because a financial crisis at LU has been deliberately engineered by the Government to drive a cuts agenda which would savage jobs, services, safety and threaten working conditions and pensions.
“The sheer scale of that threat was confirmed in talks.
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“These are the very same transport staff praised as heroes for carrying London through Covid for nearly two years, often at serious personal risk, who now have no option but to strike to defend their livelihoods.
“The politicians need to wake up to the fact that transport staff will not pay the price for this cynically engineered crisis.
“In addition to the strike action RMT is co-ordinating a campaign of resistance with colleagues from other unions impacted by this threat.”
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