Transport for London (TfL) has written to the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) urging it to call off a planned strike on 19 August over issues including jobs and pensions, which will cause travel chaos in the capital.
Fiona Brunskill, TfL’s director of people and cultural change, pointed to the challenges the organisation is facing as it continues to wait for a long-term funding deal with the government.
Brunskill said in a letter: “Having already taken a number of days of industrial action, your members continue to lose pay and our customers face disruption to their journeys, without achieving any resolution to the issues at dispute.
“The calling of further industrial action risks further damage to our customers’ confidence in TfL and London Underground whilst also increasing the risks to our financial recovery. Such damage will inevitably lead to further financial risk to TfL and seriously jeopardise our ability to maintain services.
“I would...