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 | | Thursday, 28 February, 2002, 12:22 GMT Tube strikes called off  Millions of people use the tube every day Plans for a series of strikes by London Underground (LU) drivers have been cancelled after unions accepted a pay deal. Unions said LU agreed to a 5.7% increase to close the �1,600 pay gap between drivers of passenger and engineering trains. Aslef and the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union confirmed the two 48-hour strikes planned for next week had been called off. Bob Crow, general secretary of the RMT, said: "We are delighted to have reached a settlement without having to resort to industrial action."
The RMT announced on Wednesday last week its members had voted by almost 9-1 in favour of industrial action. The 460 for and 64 against represented a 50% turnout of union members. The unions represent about 3,000 members, mostly drivers working on London Underground. If the strikes went ahead they would have crippled Tube services, which are used by about three million people each weekday. LU had urged the unions not to press ahead with strikes, claiming progress had been made during recent negotiations. | |   See also: Internet links: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Top England stories now:  Links to more England stories are at the foot of the page. | |||||||||||||||||||
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