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Why the tube strikes could mean chaos for London

From Sunday evening tube drivers are going on strike, and while the Elizabeth Line will continue to run other London Underground lines – as well as the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) – will pack it in for five days.  Transport for London (TfL) put a 3.4 per cent pay rise on the table, which was rejected by the RMT union. Tube drivers enjoy a salary of around £65,000 with experience operators earning up to £75,000. If the dispute was only about money, it might have already been averted. In 2024, Sadiq Khan managed to swerve a tube strike with a £30m cash injection into pay packets.  The bigger sticking point is working hours: Eddie Dempsey, the new boss of the RMT, is demanding a 32-hour week. Read more about the story here 👇 https://bit.ly/4lXX7wD Get more of City AM 👇 🌐 http://www.cityam.com X(formerly Twitter):   / cityam   Facebook:   / cityam   Instagram:   / city_am   LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/cityam Produced by: Matt Kenyon, Scarlett Wild #tubestrikes #sadiqkhan #transportforlondon #rmt #strikes #ukpolitics #uknews