Two
24-hour
strikes


which
had
been
called
on
London
Underground
by
ASLEF
for
tomorrow
and
Tuesday
have
been
called
off,
after
the
union
received
what
it
described
as
a
‘significantly
improved’
pay
offer
from
Transport
for
London.

The
RMT
had
already
suspended
several
Underground
walkouts
which
were
to
be
staged
in
the
first
few
days
of
this month,
after
receiving
a
new
offer
from
TfL
on
the
eve
of
the
first
strike.

A
meeting
will
take
place
tomorrow
in
which
ASLEF
will
discuss
the
revised
TfL
deal
with
its
members. 

ASLEF
London
district
organiser
Finn
Brennan
said
the
union
was
pleased
the
walkouts
had
been
cancelled,
but he
declined
to
comment
further
until
after
tomorrow’s
meeting.

TfL’s
chief
operating
officer
Claire
Mann
said:
‘We
believe
we
have
made
an
offer
to
our
trade
unions
that
is
fair,
affordable, good
for
our
colleagues
and
good
for
London
and
we
urge
our
trade
unions
to
continue
working
with
us.’

Meanwhile,
Chiltern
Railways
will
not
be
running
between
Great
Missenden
and
London
Marylebone
today,
because
an
emergency
timetable
had
been
planned
when
the
RMT
was
set
to
strike.
This
strike
would
have
meant
that
the
Underground-managed
line
between
Harrow-on-the-Hill
and
Amersham
could
not
be
used.

Chiltern
said:
‘Although
the
RMT
strike
was
called
off
on
Friday,
this
did
not
give
us
enough
time
to
reinstate
all
our
services
for
this
week
because
of
the
detailed
planning
required.’