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Alstom London tube staff to hold second strike

Published 09/27/2010, 09:41 AM
Updated 09/27/2010, 09:44 AM

LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - About 200 maintenance workers on London's underground network are to hold a second 24-hour strike on Oct. 4 in a dispute over pay, the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers union (RMT) said on Monday.

The walk out by Alstom-Metro staff on the Jubilee and Northern lines will follow a planned strike by up to 10,000 London Underground staff involved in a separate dispute over job cuts.

An indefinite overtime ban is also in place, the union said.

"The deal on offer is worth less than half of those won by other Tube workers this year," RMT General Secretary Bob Crow said.

"The massive vote for action, and the solid support for the first strike and the overtime ban, should tell Alstom all they need to know about our members' determination to win a fair pay deal."

A spokeswoman for Alstom said the 2 percent pay increase it had proposed was fair and reasonable and the company had put contingency measures in place to minimise disruption for passengers during the strike.

The maintenance workers will walk out from 1800 GMT on Oct. 4, immediately after a 24-hour strike by London Underground staff, which is due to begin at 1800 GMT on Oct. 3. (Reporting by Kylie MacLellan; Editing by David Holmes)

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