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Thousands of postal staff across Britain are to launch a series of strikes over pay and jobs tomorrow, threatening the biggest disruption to mail deliveries in two years.
More than 25,000 postal workers are to take part in the action planned for tomorrow, Saturday and Monday, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said. The strikes will be the biggest since a national stoppage in 2007.
Workers are protesting against "panic driven" cuts being made at Royal Mail to pay, jobs and services, the union said.
Royal Mail condemned the action and said modernisation was vital.
The union's executive will hold a national ballot of its 160,000 postal members next month, which could lead to nationwide strikes in the autumn.
Strikes have already hit several areas of the country in recent weeks, including London and Scotland.
The action is now spreading and will for the first time involve drivers of Royal Mail lorries.
Dave Ward, CWU deputy general secretary, accused Royal Mail of imposing changes on staff and said the cuts were hitting postal services. The company has accused the union of reneging on a modernisation deal which ended the 2007 strike.
A Royal Mail spokesman said: "Having met the union more than 50 times in recent months, it is increasingly clear that the CWU refuses to believe that mail volumes are declining despite the clear evidence of this.
"We condemn the CWU for striking over much-needed modernisation and change which has already been successfully implemented by our people in the majority of offices around the UK and is working well."
Drivers based in Northampton, Birmingham, Coventry, London and Essex will be among workers striking for 24 hours tomorrow, while postal staff in Somerset, Bristol and Edinburgh will take action on Saturday.
The strike will spread to Suffolk on Monday, with further areas set to be hit later next week.
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Didn't we do this last week or so and they took away the comment form!woofwoof wrote:Are you a postal worker in the affected areas? Will the strike affect you or your business? Send us your comments and experiences using the form below.
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I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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Re: Postal workers to launch series of strikes over pay and jobs
I think we need to get the union to stop shouting about pay and tell the public what this is really about: saving one of the greatest services Britain has ever had. The public and businesses will stay with us for that. When they mention pay the public just think "Greedy sods"
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great point agree 100%Shrek wrote:I think we need to get the union to stop shouting about pay and tell the public what this is really about: saving one of the greatest services Britain has ever had. The public and businesses will stay with us for that. When they mention pay the public just think "Greedy sods"