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Last Updated: Monday, 5 July, 2004, 07:25 GMT 08:25 UK
Tube commuters organise boycotts
Tube strike notice from 2001
The boycott was prompted by the RMT strike
A group of commuters is boycotting the Tube on Monday in response to a strike last week which shut down the network.

The Passengers for Travel Group expects more than a hundred people to find another way into work on Monday.

It wants the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, which organised the strike, and travel managers, to know that passengers are fed up.

London's Tube network, used by three million people a day, was largely shut down by the 24-hour strike.

The group says it has received "hundreds" of emails and phone calls of support following media reports about its campaign.

Phil Watkins, a spokesman for the group, told BBC London he hoped people would find alternative ways in to London and keep using them.

He said: "It's a message to the RMT that passengers are not going to take this sort of thing lying down.

"They are not accepting constant strikes and hold-ups to their travel."

"It also sends a clear message to the managers of London Transport that it's a problem that should have been tackled a long time ago."

The RMT organised the walk-out last week in support of its claims for wage increases and a four-day week.

It said the strike was "solidly supported" by its 7,500 members on the Tube.

All lines were badly affected and commuters crowded onto buses and trains or biked or walked into work.




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