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Hundreds of Tube drivers on the Piccadilly line are threatening strike action in the run-up to Christmas.
Four hundred members of the RMT union will be balloted in the next few weeks over whether to launch a campaign of industrial action.
The union said there had been a "wholesale breakdown" of industrial relations on the line, which serves Heathrow Airport.
RMT general secretary, Mick Cash, said: "Industrial relations on the Piccadilly line have been corroded through repeated failures to follow agreements, policies and procedures.
"It is those failures that have led to the wholesale breakdown in industrial relations which has triggered this ballot for action.
"RMT members on London Underground will not stand by while agreed policies that were put in place to maintain Tube safety are systematically ignored and undermined."
The union is also balloting 3,500 Tube station and other staff for strikes in a separate dispute over jobs and the closure of ticket offices.
In a separate dispute, drivers on Southern Railway will start voting next week on whether to strike over driver-only trains.
The ballots will close in mid-November, raising the threat of co-ordinated walkouts on the Tube and Southern.
RMT members on Southern will strike on November 4 and 5 in their long-running row with the company.
Hundreds of Tube drivers on the Piccadilly line are threatening strike action in the run-up to Christmas.
Four hundred members of the RMT union will be balloted in the next few weeks over whether to launch a campaign of industrial action.
The union said there had been a "wholesale breakdown" of industrial relations on the line, which serves Heathrow Airport.
RMT general secretary, Mick Cash, said: "Industrial relations on the Piccadilly line have been corroded through repeated failures to follow agreements, policies and procedures.
"It is those failures that have led to the wholesale breakdown in industrial relations which has triggered this ballot for action.
"RMT members on London Underground will not stand by while agreed policies that were put in place to maintain Tube safety are systematically ignored and undermined."
The union is also balloting 3,500 Tube station and other staff for strikes in a separate dispute over jobs and the closure of ticket offices.
In a separate dispute, drivers on Southern Railway will start voting next week on whether to strike over driver-only trains.
The ballots will close in mid-November, raising the threat of co-ordinated walkouts on the Tube and Southern.
RMT members on Southern will strike on November 4 and 5 in their long-running row with the company.
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