London faces this Sunday a strike Five days on its subway network, the first since March 2023, which is expected to collapse transportation In a city of 9.8 million inhabitants, and has already caused the cancellation of the concerts that the American rapper Post Malone had planned in the state of Totthenham.
Drivers, signs, maintenance personnel and other system workers claim better salaries and working conditions, in a strike called by the railway, maritime and transport union (RMT), which, among other measures, asks for a working day of 32 hours per week.
The service will be limited until 18:00 local time (17:00 GMT) on Sunday and practically null between Monday and Thursday, so agglomerations in trains, buses and roads are expected. The strike has forced cancel The concerts of the American rapper post Malone scheduled for Sunday and Monday at the Tottenham stadium, as the public transportation is not possible for attendees.
Transport for London (TFL), the authority responsible for the capital’s transport network, He has offered a salary increase of 3.4 % and has reiterated his disposal to the DialogOr, but it rules out the contractual day of 35 hours per week because, according to Claire Mann, director of operations, “a reduction of the day is not practical or affordable and would put the operational of the entire network at risk.”
An RMT spokesman said for his part that “a shorter work week is reasonable, especially when TFL had a 166 million pound surplus (about 192 million euros) last year and an annual operational budget of 10,000 million pounds (11,500 million euros).”
“There are 2,000 people less working in the London Metro since 2018 and our members suffer extreme shifts and fatigue that affect their health,” he added. With a total of 11 lines, ‘London Underground’, founded in 1863, drives about 5 million trips daily.
