Enlarge imageLONDON (Reuters) - London Underground workers will meet managers today for last-ditch talks to avert strike action over the festive break.
Workers from the RMT trade union are expected to strike on New Year’s Eve, when the underground system is usually packed with partygoers.
The RMT said it would announce results of a strike ballot on Thursday morning. It is mulling a walkout to protest signallers’ pay, hours and conditions.
"It’s a four-year old dispute over grading, pay structures and such like but the company has attached job cuts to it as well," said a union spokesman.
Separately, London Underground said it would run a special service on the Piccadilly line on Christmas Eve as workers from another union strike in support of a driver who was downgraded for passing four red signals.
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London Underground said there would likely be no service on parts of the line but replacement bus services were planned and it advised people to allow more time for their journeys.
If passengers were using the Piccadilly Line to reach Heathrow Airport on Christmas Eve they should allow extra time for their journey, London Underground said.
