Updated
14.44






London
Underground strikes
which
had
been
set
to
take
place
tomorrow
and
Friday
have
been
called
off.

The
RMT
said
they
had
been
‘suspended
following
significant
progress
made
by
RMT
negotiators
and
London
Underground
Limited representatives’
at
ACAS.

The
union
said
it
had
‘managed
to
save
key
jobs,
prevent
detrimental
changes
to
rosters
and
secure
protection
of
earnings
around
grading
changes’.

However,
it
warned
that
although
‘key
elements’
had
been
settled
‘there
remains
wider
negotiations
to
be
had
in
the
job,
pensions
and
working
agreements
dispute’.

RMT
general
secretary
Mick
Lynch
said:
‘I
congratulate
all
our
members
who
were
prepared
to
take
strike
action
and
our
negotiations
team
for
securing
this
victory
in
our
tube
dispute.

‘Without
the
unity
and
industrial
power
of
our
members,
there
is
no
way
we
would
have
been
able
to
make
the
progress
we
have.

‘We
still
remain
in
dispute
over
outstanding
issues
around
pensions
and
working
agreements
and
will
continue
to
pursue
a
negotiated
settlement.’

London
Underground’s
director
of
customer
operations
Nick
Dent
responded:
‘We
are
pleased
that
the
RMT
has
withdrawn
its
planned
industrial
action
this
week
and
that
the
dispute
on
our
change
proposals
in
stations
is
now
resolved.
This
is
good
news
for
London
and
we
will
continue
to
work
closely
with
our
trade
unions
as
we
evolve
London
Underground
to
ensure
we
can
continue
to
support
the
capital
in
the
most
effective
way.’