London Underground Drivers Launch 2 Strikes Over 4-Day Week Plan

10 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 18

Tuesday’s 24-hour walkout will start at 12:00 BST after talks failed, with no service expected on the Circle and Piccadilly lines and parts of the Metropolitan and Central lines.
RMT says TfL has not held proper negotiations over the voluntary compressed four-day week and is pushing implementation through a forum that excludes senior managers and union officials.
TfL says the plan is entirely voluntary and drivers can stay on a five-day pattern, calling the strike disappointing after what it described as efforts to resolve the dispute.
Thursday’s second 24-hour strike is set to disrupt services into Friday, though many drivers — including Aslef members — are expected to work as usual after that union accepted the deal.
Aslef says the proposal would give participating drivers 35 extra days off a year for minor working-condition changes, underscoring a split between unions over the same plan.

Is the RMT's strike a necessary safety defense or is it holding London's £250M weekly economy hostage?

Why is one union striking to block a voluntary four-day week another union calls the biggest improvement in decades?