4-day strike on London Underground demanding shorter workweek

The London Underground remains almost completely suspended for a second day after strike action by the RMT union ground the service to a halt on Monday, Euronews writes.

It is disrupting travel for millions of people in the UK capital. Transport for London’s website and app crashed yesterday as travellers and commuters looked for alternative routes.

Around 10,000 members of the RMT, the UK’s national union of rail, maritime and transport workers, began four days of industrial action on Monday.

The tube train and staff are walking out over demands for a shorter working week as part of pay negotiations.

The strikes have caused severe disruption on the London Underground with little or no service, and will keep the system closed until the evening of Thursday 11 September, with knock-on effects expected on Friday.