The London Underground strike is called off

London’s mayor announced Sunday that a planned strike that would have brought the city’s underground subway system to a standstill this week had been suspended.

“Londoners and visitors to our city will no longer have to deal with several days of disruption,” Mayor Sadiq Khan said. announced on social media late Sunday afternoon. “This shows what we can achieve by working with unions and transport workers rather than against them.”

The planned strikes were said to be so widespread that authorities had warned people about them only travel on the London Underground if their journeys are ‘essential’.

Members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) had planned the action over disputes over wages and working conditions.

According to the BBCThe head of the RMT on Sunday cited “positive discussions” as a reason for the union to suspend the planned strike.

This is a development story.