More than 100,000 postal workers are walking out in a dispute over pay today in what is being described as the biggest strike of the summer so far.
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said its members were taking industrial action for a “dignified, proper pay rise” after they voted in favour by 97.6 per cent in a ballot.
The strike today will then be followed by further stoppages next Wednesday and then two dates in September - Thursday, 8 and Friday, 9.