The services of London Underground were interrupted on Sunday at the beginning of the strikes by thousands of workers who will cause interruptions in the capital in the capital.
The members of the rail, maritime and transport union (RMT), including drivers, signs and maintenance workers, launched a series of strikes on salary and conditions that will lead to a large interruption for millions of travelers.
Transport for London (TFL) warned that there will be few or no service between Monday and Thursday, since the interruption began on Sunday.
TFL has offered a salary increase of 3.4% who described as “fair” and said that the luxury of satisfying RMT's demand of a cut in the work week cannot be allowed.
Nick Dent, director of Customer Operations of London Underground (LU), said the union demands of a cut in the 35 -hour week were “simply inaccessible” and cost hundreds of millions of pounds.
The last strike throughout the tube was three years ago, about wages and pensions, but Dent said that next week's action will be different because separate groups of workers will come out in different days.
“It will be very harmful to us,” he added.
An RMT spokesman said: “We are not going to strike to interrupt small businesses or the public.
“This strike is underway due to the uncompromising approach of the TFL management and its refusal to consider a small reduction in the work week to help reduce fatigue and the effects of the health of the health of labor in the long term shifts in our members.
“We believe that a shorter work week is fair and affordable, particularly when it considers that TFL has a surplus of £ 166 million last year and an annual operational budget of £ 10 billion.
“There are 2,000 less employees who work in the London Metro since 2018 and our members feel the tension of extreme shift patterns.
“London Underground is working well financially and all those that our members want is a fair consideration. But TFL refuses to even consider the marginally reduction of the work week, citing costs ranging from tens of millions to hundreds of millions.
“We are still open to the conversations, ensuring a negotiated agreement and we call the mayor of London to intervene.”
Passengers have been urged to verify before traveling, with tubes that work, as well as buses, which are expected to be more occupied than usual.
Docklands Light Railway Services will also be affected next Tuesday and Thursday due to a strike of RMT members in a separate salary dispute.
