Royal Mail workers are to take a further 19 days of strike action across October and November, the Communication Workers Union has announced. The walkouts are part of a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.
The union said the strikes will have a “dramatic impact” and will cover peak periods for mail such as Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the run-up to Christmas. It said the action in October and November will be a mixture of single days and rolling action across Royal Mail Group’s network.
The CWU said the move follows a threat centred around the “outrageous” decision by Royal Mail Group’s senior management to withdraw from major national agreements, push ahead with cuts to workers’ terms and conditions and “completely sideline” the union. CWU general secretary Dave Ward said: “This is a significant announcement, but it is one which matches the level of anger our members feel at the way Royal Mail Group has treated them.
