Royal Mail staff are poised to walk out again as a dispute over pay continues. From Thursday (October 20), workers will walk out on 18 days from October to December, covering the busy pre-Christmas period which includes Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Over summer more than 100,000 postal workers took industrial action. The CWU said members felt forced into such a position after fighting for a 'dignified, proper pay rise'.
The union rejected Royal Mail's offer of a 2% pay rise. The CWU believed an increase at this level would lead to a “dramatic reduction” in workers’ living standards because of soaring inflation, LancsLive reports.
