Post workers vote for more strikes
Communications Workers Union (CWU) leaders have warned of a “new wave of disruption” in Royal Mail, after postal workers voted by a 95.6% majority, on a 77% turnout, to renew their industrial action mandate. However, the union is yet to announce any further strikes. Postal workers have struck 18 times against the company’s plans for job cuts and changes to the working arrangements, as well as to win a decent pay settlement. But Royal Mail has not budged, and has begun to unilaterally impose its changes and to victimise reps. CWU’s last phase of strikes saw workers strike multiple times in...