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Tube workers tell johnson to talk
Unions ready for last-minute talks on 48-hour strike if mayor shelves dangerous plans to axe 800 jobs
Rail union leaders told Tory London Mayor Boris Johnson yesterday they were ready for 11th-hour talks to stop a two-day Tube strike - but not with a job cuts "gun" to their heads.
The Underground will grind to a halt at 9pm today when members of the RMT and TSSA unions walk out in protest at plans to cull 800 ticket office jobs.
Week-long negotiations ended without compromise.
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