UK postal workers to strike again
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has said that more than 25,000 postal workers will stage a series of strikes on 7,8,10 August over pay and jobs, report the BBC. Services across the UK, including in London, Scotland, the West Country, East Anglia and the Midlands will be affected, the union added.
London and Scotland have already witnessed stoppages in recent weeks.
The Royal Mail has accused the union of breaking a deal which ended an earlier dispute in 2007.
The strikes will be the most widespread walkouts since 2007’s national action.
On 7 August drivers based in Birmingham, Coventry, Essex and London will stage a 24-hour strike, and postal workers in Bristol, Somerset and Edinburgh will take action on 8 August.
Stoppages will spread to Suffolk on 10 August, and further areas are due to see disruption later in the week.
CWU deputy general secretary Dave Ward said “panic-driven” cuts were being made to jobs and services without agreement.
But a Royal Mail spokesman said the union was failing to acknowledge “clear evidence” of declining mail volumes.
He added: “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.”
