 RMT members had voted to take strike action |
The threat of a strike by London Underground (LU) workers has ended after a breakthrough in a long running dispute over pay. The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said LU was trying to link pay with productivity, including later running trains at the weekend.
London mayor Ken Livingstone hailed the three-year deal a landmark agreement.
Discussions on later running weekend services, until 0100 on Friday and Saturday nights, are continuing.
Mr Livingstone wants to introduce the later timetable but suspended plans to introduce the scheme in May this year after the pay row.
 |  Passengers will benefit from the stability provided by the first three year deal for all staff in the history of the Underground |
Under the agreement, Tube staff will now receive a three year pay rise of 4% from last April followed by above inflation increases in years two and three.
Last week, the union's 6,500 members on the Tube voted to go on strike.
RMT general secretary Bob Crow said: "Management's decision has, at last, opened the way for the implementation of last year's pay deal.
"If LU management had not attempted to attach strings to the deal in the first place then we could have drawn a line under this matter more than a year ago."
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