Next week's planned London Underground strike has been suspended, union leaders announced today.
The news will come as a relief to London commuters fearing a repeat of the frustrating industrial action experienced earlier this week, which resulted in only two lines operating a normal service.
A second 72-hour strike had been scheduled to start on Monday but this has now been suspended, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) said today.
It described "marathon" talks with itself, struggling tube upgrade company Metronet, its administrator and Transport for London (TfL) as having resolved the issues of job losses and a full pension-scheme rescue.
But RMT general secretary Bob Crow warned that the strike had only been temporarily called off, retaining the threat of further chaos.
"TfL have done themselves no favours by insisting that nothing had changed as a result of the lengthy negotiations on Tuesday night," he said.
"Our members have delivered a rock-solid and 100 per cent effective strike in defence of their jobs and pensions, and the clear message is that any further attacks will be met with more of the same."
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