Date: 27/09/2012

Tube workers are to be balloted for strikes in protest at plans to test driverless trains. Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) members will vote on industrial action ahead of preparations to test trains without drivers. The union said it would initially ballot its members who are set to take part in the trials. Transport for London (TfL) said any call for action at this stage was 'ludicrous'.

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Ballot over driverless train test

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Tube workers are to be balloted for strikes in protest at plans to test driverless trains, a transport union reveals.

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