The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union members will be joining the 24-hour Tube strike scheduled for 5th August 2015, from 9:30pm. The prospective strike follows the walkout of Tube drivers on 8th and 9th July 2015.
The strike is over the ongoing row about the introduction of the night Tube. Members of staff are unhappy about the shifts and wages for the overnight Tube service, due to start on 12th September 2015.
The disagreement is over a 2% average pay rise offer for the London Underground (LU) members, as well as workers' terms and conditions associated to the plans to introduce all-night Tube services on the Jubilee and Victoria lines and most of the Northern, Piccadilly and Central lines.
RMT general secretary, Mick Cash said, "Workers in all grades are furious at the attempt to rip up long-standing agreements in an effort to bulldoze through these wholly unacceptable new working patterns. RMT also remains in dispute over the parallel issue of the axing of 850 station staff jobs, cuts which make a mockery of the safe delivery of the night tube in just a few weeks time."