Londoners Oppose Tube Strikes

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Sixty-five percent of people in London oppose the current Tube strikes according to LBC's The London Poll.

The survey, in conjunction with London Evening Standard and London Tonight, has discovered that the majority of people are against the walk outs by Tube workers because of a row over plans to cut around 800 jobs and change working conditions.

Out of more than a thousand people asked, only 16% said they supported the strike action which has already seen members of the TSSA and RMT unions walk out for 24 hours in protest against plans to axe around 800 jobs - with further action planned for October and November.

Sixty one percent of people asked by LBC supported London Mayor Boris Johnson's call for the law to be changed to make it harder to call a strike on the London Underground - but a quarter of people opposed it.

Speaking when the current strikes were first announced Chief Executive of London Underground Howard Collins said in the current economic climate, they can't justify not making changes, "it is simply not possible to go on with a situation where some ticket offices sell fewer than 10 tickets an hour. It is clear that passengers can be better served by getting staff out from behind the windows of under-used ticket offices.

As Government cut-backs continue to affect all aspects of society Boris Johnson has also argued that London should be seen as a special case and protected.

The majority of Londoners asked support the idea, although 32% disagreed with the proposal.