Tube staff call 72hr strike over scheme access 'equality'

Members of the Rail Maritime and Transport union yesterday voted 4:1 for strike action, and the union executive has called a strike beginning at 4pm on 24 April. Staff at Tube Lines, one of the failed private organisations charged with maintaining the Underground network, have been demanding equal treatment with their Metronet colleagues. Both companies are now wholly owned subsidiaries of TfL, but Tube Lines employees have not been allowed re-entry into the TfL pensions scheme or staff travel concessions. This includes free travel within London and 75% of the cost of mainline rail...