Tube strike called off as Metronet agree to abide by tribunal
Rail union RMT suspended strike action by Metronet maintenance and signal workers, scheduled for 12 March. RMT members had voted 5:1 for action in support of colleagues sacked despite the lack of evidence linking them to beer cans allegedly found in a mess room at Farringdon station. "After considering the undertaking by Metronet to abide by the outcome of an Employment Tribunal, the RMT executive has today suspended the strike action scheduled for tomorrow," RMT general secretary Bob Crow told the press. "We understand that the president of the Tribunals has undertaken to do everything within...