Elizabeth Line workers to go on New Year's Eve strike sparking London travel chaos fears

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport national accidental their demands for just attraction connected moving hours and permission stay unmet and 'are determined to unafraid a just deal'

Workers connected London’s Elizabeth Line volition spell connected onslaught connected New Year's Eve successful a quality implicit pay.

The Rail, Maritime and Transport national said it has rejected the company’s wage connection and is seeking improvements to vacation entitlement and a simplification successful moving hours.

Members disconnected the RMT based successful the power country program to locomotion retired for 24 hours from 9pm connected New Year’s Eve.

They volition besides not enactment remainder days oregon overtime from December 5 until December 18.

RMT wide caput Mick Lynch said: “Our members play a captious relation successful moving the Elizabeth Line and their demands for just attraction connected moving hours and permission stay unmet.

“The existent connection falls short, and our members are determined to unafraid a just deal.”

The national has called for urgent talks to unafraid a revised offer.

A Transport for London spokesperson said: “We promote the RMT and MTR to find a solution to this dispute.

“If this enactment goes ahead, we expect that Elizabeth Line services volition inactive beryllium available, but they whitethorn beryllium busier than normal.”

The Elizabeth line, which opened successful 2022, stretches much than 100km from Reading and Heathrow successful the westbound to Shenfield and Abbey Wood successful the east.