London Underground drivers to strike on six dates in March–May over four‑day week plan
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RMT announced Tube driver walkouts on six 24‑hour periods in response to London Underground’s push for a compressed four‑day working week, citing fatigue and safety concerns.
This alert was originally created on 12 March 2026.
Public Impact
Metro
Effective Dates
Updates
May 13, 2026
🔀 Merged
Resolved literal ID collision detected 2026-05-12: two records existed in openai_UK.json with the same id '16ea5ea180d66151' covering the same RMT London Underground 4-day-week dispute. This record (older, 8 dates, 2 updates) was reassigned to new id 'c05204fff56da5c2' and merged into the richer canonical (14 dates, 7 updates). adminVerified=true set because the merge is an explicit admin action.
Apr 15, 2026
✎ Update
On March 18, 2026, RMT suspended the March Tube driver strikes after progress in talks, kept the April (21, 23) and May (19, 21) walkouts in place, and added new strike dates on June 16 and 18, extending the action.
Apr 12, 2026
✎ Update
RMT suspended the March Tube driver strikes after progress in talks, kept the April and May walkouts, and added new strike dates on June 16 and 18, thereby extending the action.
➕ Extended
📅 Effective dates
+ Added: 16 Jun 2026, 18 Jun 2026
− Removed: 24 Mar 2026, 26 Mar 2026, 21 Apr 2026, 23 Apr 2026, 19 May 2026, 21 May 2026
Organizer
Affected Locations
- London
Sources
- https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-launches-tube-strike-action-over-imposed-four-day
- https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/10/london-tube-drivers-strike-spring-rmt
- https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-suspends-strikes-this-month-in-fake-four-day-week-dispute/
- https://www.itv.com/news/london/2026-03-18/tube-strike-called-off-after-progress-in-talks-between-union-and-management
- https://londonist.com/london/transport/tube-strike-london-underground-march-april-2026
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