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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

London Underground station staff to stage 24-hour strike on 6 June

A central line tube train
The RMT has also announced an overtime ban from 3 June, which could affect the underground during the platinum jubilee celebrations. Photograph: Alamy

London Underground station staff will stage a 24-hour strike on Monday 6 June, the day after the platinum jubilee holiday weekend, in an ongoing dispute over job cuts that could presage nationwide rail strikes later next month.

The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) has called 4,000 members out on strike in protest at Transport for London plans to cut 600 posts to reduce costs.

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