Ten-day rolling strike looming in UK?

Union leaders in the UK are contemplating launching 10 days of rolling strikes only days after its members approved a national walk-out. According to newspaper reports the industrial action could leave a backlog of up to 100m undelivered letters, and could start as early as next week.

The CWU’s Dave Ward is reportedly today offering to “go into mediation with Royal Mail bosses and call for an independent inquiry into working conditions at the postal service”, the Sunday Times said.

The newspaper quoted a CWU source as saying: “If this is not taken up by the company, then that almost certainly means there will be a series of rolling strikes. The earliest they could start would be the following Monday.”