UK post strike action to be escalated

Strikes by postal workers in a bitter row over pay and jobs are to be escalated, it has been announced.

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) will this Wednesday unveil a fresh programme of industrial action following two nationwide walk-outs in recent weeks.

The union’s executive met on Tuesday and said it had decided to escalate the level of strike action following the lack of progress during recent talks with the Royal Mail.

A spokesman for the Royal Mail said: “We are disappointed that the CWU has again failed to understand the realities of the tough commercial market in which Royal Mail now operates and the damage that further strike action will do to the business, its people and customers.