The negotiations aimed at reconciling the London Underground workers with the government have broken down, which could lead to a series of strikes moving forward.

According to the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, the first 24-hour strike will take place Monday in the wake of talks failing to produce an agreement. Members will walk out for a total of four dates as the union fights to keep the London Underground from cutting 800 jobs.

Up to 10,000 union members will join the walkouts, which will last 24 hours on 6 September, 4 October, 2 November, and then again on 28 November. Workers intending to walk out include Tube drivers, signallers, maintenance and engineering staff and station staff. Representatives from both RMT and TSSA met with LU bosses with Acas on Thursday morning, but no agreement was hashed out.

RMT’s general secretary Bob Crow said that the LU management knew prior that meaningful talks would not be able to proceed while they were threatening job security for its members. He added that the LU’s failure to remove the job threat sabotaged any hope of a useful meeting. Furthermore Mr Crow indicated that the jobs cuts are a direct result of the multi-billion pound debt that the mayor had brought on the Tube by attempting to privatise and failing.

London Underground’s chief operating officer said that the Tube operators went to Acas because they wanted to take part in successful negotiations with TSSA and RMT management. The TSSA has announced that its members, who are employed by Tube Lines, will also strike on 7 September, in a separate pay issue.