Royal Mail workers are to take a further 19 days of strike action across October and November in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions, the Communication Workers Union announced
The Union announced that the action in October and November will be a mixture of single days and rolling action across Royal Mail Group’s network
The strikes come days after Royal Mail said it had informed the CWU that it wanted to “modernise the ways of working with them”. On Tuesday, the company declined to elaborate on what changes they were specifically seeking, but said it was discussing it with the CWU.
“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,” CWU General Secretary Dave Ward said, referring to the strikes.
e union said the announcement follows the decision by Royal Mail Group management “to withdraw from major national agreements, push ahead with vicious cuts to workers terms and conditions and completely sideline the union.”
It added the proposed strikes will have “a dramatic impact” as they cover peak periods such as Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the run up to Christmas.
Royal Mail called the announcement as the union choosing “the path of prolonging disruption over resolution”.
