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UK Tube strike: Protest for better pay continue

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 10 Nov 2022 16:28

Due to the latest strike in a long-running debacle over jobs and pensions, passengers have been asked to avoid the tube and check before they travel.

  • A woman passes the closed underground station at Finchley Road during another recent stoppage. (Alamy)
    A woman passes the closed underground station at Finchley Road during another recent stoppage. (Alamy)

London Underground workers from the RMT and Unite unions went on strike for 24 hours on Thursday, shutting down the tube and disrupting transit for millions of commuters in the capital.

Due to the latest strike in a long-running debacle over jobs and pensions, passengers have been asked to avoid the tube and check before they travel. 

The Elizabeth Line and national rail services are likely to be significantly busier than usual.

Because of the busier roadways, London buses are likely to be overcrowded and run slower. Trains on the Docklands Light Railway and London Overground may be delayed at the last minute and may not stop at all stations with tube connections. 

London Trams will also have a shortened schedule.

#NSSN supporting today's @RMTLondon @RMTunion #strike on London Underground and Overground pic.twitter.com/nDYMZUwtEn

— NSSN (@NSSN_AntiCuts) November 10, 2022

The strike, which is be led mostly by RMT tube workers, will be joined by approximately 1,000 Unite members. The RMT will also go on strike at London Overground, while Transport for London insists services will continue to run.

The disruption on the tube is likely to last until Friday morning when employees return to work.

This comes as multiple rallies took place in some of the EU's major capital cities over soaring prices and the crushing costs of living.

Since the beginning of Russia's war in Ukraine, the West, including the UK sought to contain Russia through the imposition of various sanctionary and punitive mechanisms.

But due to the West's overreliance on Russian gas, anti-Russian sanctions have caused more damage to UK citizens than they did to Russia, and as the government struggles to find alternatives to Russian oil, the masses are taking to the streets to voice their opposition to the consequences of the West's proxy war on Ukraine that they have to put up with.

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