Delivery offices in mail strike

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8268138.stm

Royal Mail workers in Cornwall and Devon are to take part in industrial action next week, a union says.

The Communication Workers Union said it had informed Royal Mail that delivery offices in Looe and St Austell would be affected next Monday and Tuesday.

The delivery office in Plymouth, would also be affected, it added.

The CWU said the action was over plans to modernise the service which it said would hit workers' pay and conditions. Royal Mail said changes were needed.

Next week's industrial action follows several other walkouts in recent weeks.

Both parties have accused each other of reneging on a deal reached in 2007 aimed at modernising the service.

The union has accused bosses of forcing through change without consultation.

Royal Mail said the changes were needed to meet the challenges of the 21st Century.