More than 100,000 postal workers have begun the first of a series of days of strike action that threaten to disrupt deliveries across the country in the run-up to Christmas, after the failure of 11th-hour talks to resolve a protracted and bitter dispute over pay and conditions.
The Communications Workers Union (CWU), which has planned six days of strikes on 9, 11, 14, 15, 23 and 24 December, has organised a protest by workers at the Houses of Parliament on Friday as the row with management continues to escalate.
