Tube staff to go ahead with strike

My Account
Logout

Create an Evening Standard Account

Use your social network

Save time by using your existing account to sign in to Evening Standard

We'll never share your information or post anything to your account without your permission

Welcome! Sign in here

Use your social network

Save time by using your existing account to sign in to Evening Standard

We'll never share your information or post anything to your account without your permission

Forgot your password ?

Registration

* indicates fields that are mandatory

Email *

Password *

Confirm Password *

First name *

Surname *

Postcode *

Country *

Mobile phone number

Username *

Gender *

Year of birth *

When you sign up...

You will have access to all our online competitions, discounted offers and can post comments on our site.

You will also receive The Weekender newsletter sent every Thursday - it’s full of fantastic offers and ideas for the weekend. You can update your email preferences in your account page when you log in.

Other newsletters and emails

Homes & Property Newsletter - Yes I want to receive the weekly email with all the latest news on property in the capital

Occasionally we would also like to send you relevant emails detailing specific offers either from ourselves or carefully selected partners. If you would prefer not to receive these then please tick the appropriate boxes below. We will never pass on your details.

I do not want to receive additional offers and information from the Evening Standard

I do not want to receive additional offers and information sent by Evening Standard on behalf of carefully selected partners

Terms and Conditions

* I have read, understood and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of Evening Standard

Registration

Mail Sent for Registration Confirmation.

A confirmation email has been sent. Please activate your account by clicking on the activation link sent in your mail box.

The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said more than 2,300 of its members will walk out at 6pm next Monday in a row linked to the collapse of maintenance giant Metronet.

The RMT and other Tube unions are seeking guarantees that there will be no job losses, forced transfers or cuts in pensions.

Hopes of averting the strike rose on Friday night following a meeting between the unions and London's mayor Ken Livingstone.

But the RMT said that Metronet and its administrator have failed to give it the "unequivocal" guarantees on jobs, transfers and pensions it is seeking.

A union spokesman said the strike will have a cumulative effect on services which he predicted would lead to the Tube network "grinding to a halt".

Bob Crow, general secretary of the RMT, said a letter the union had received from Metronet and the administrator fell "way short" of the guarantees workers deserved.

"What we sought was firm, unequivocal guarantees but, frankly, our members are being asked to stake their jobs and their pensions on a pig in a poke. The only assurances we have received about jobs and transfers cover only the period of administration, and that is simply not good enough.

"It is strange that the administrator can determine all sorts of things about the future of the public-private partnership (PPP) contracts, apparently including who the next fat-cat privateer might be, but is not in a position to give ongoing guarantees on the jobs of the people who actually do the work."

The unions have also warned of a second 72-hour strike starting on September 10 if the row is not resolved.