{"id":7350,"date":"2016-01-18T10:40:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T10:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=7350"},"modified":"2016-01-18T16:20:17","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T16:20:17","slug":"night-tube-strikes-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=7350","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Night tube&#8217; strikes suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Unite has suspended three days of strike action in the \u00e2\u20ac\u0098work\/life\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 balance dispute over the introduction of the \u00e2\u20ac\u0098night tube\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 on London Underground, so that further talks could take place.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The union confirmed today (January 18) that the 24 hour strikes on Tuesday January 26; Monday February 15 and Wednesday February 17 will be suspended so that talks with the conciliation service, Acas can continue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The threat to\u00c2\u00a0 work\/life balance and an inadequate pay offer are the key issues in the long-running London Underground dispute. Unite represents a key 600-strong workforce of engineers and maintenance staff without which the 270 station network can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t operate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unite is suspending its three days of strike action this month and in February over pay and night working on the London Underground,&#8221; said Unite national officer for rail Hugh Roberts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is to allow for further talks with the conciliation service, Acas on these issues. We will approach these talks in a constructive fashion and urge LUL management to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe strikes have been suspended but the strikes will be back on, if insufficient progress is made,&#8221; Roberts warned. &#8220;We urge LUL management to make every effort to settle this long-running dispute and not engage in foot-dragging, just because we have suspended this action.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe sticking points are an inadequate four-year pay offer and a failure to agree over the implementation of the \u00e2\u20ac\u0098night tube&#8217;,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite sees the benefits of London\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s vibrant nocturnal economy, but it should not be at the expense of our members.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<br \/>\nLast month, Unite London Underground reps unanimously rejected an offer of a four-year pay deal from April 1 2015 to March 31 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite has suspended three days of strike action in the \u00e2\u20ac\u0098work\/life\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 balance dispute over the introduction of the \u00e2\u20ac\u0098night tube\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 on London Underground, so that further talks could take place. &nbsp; The union confirmed today (January 18) that the 24 hour strikes on Tuesday January 26; Monday February 15 and Wednesday February 17 will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[466,335],"wps_subtitle":"Unite seeks further talks","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7350"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7350"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7352,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7350\/revisions\/7352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}