Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) at the Royal Mail Group will be taking industrial action for 19 days across the next two months it has been revealed
Around 110,000 Royal Mail staff who collect, sort, and deliver parcels and letters have been called to take national strike action on 13th, 20th, and 25th October, as well as 28th November, a strike that was postponed due to the death of the Queen.
Further dates have also been announced by the CWU with the members in Processing, Distribution, International, Collections, and Admin departments striking on 3rd, 9th, 15th, and 24th November as well as 1st December; and Delivery staff on 4th, 10th, 16th, and 25th November as well as 2nd December.
Network members will strike on 2nd, 8th, 14th, 23rd and 30th November.
In an update on its website regarding the strike dates, Royal Mail stated: “We’re sorry this strike action is likely to cause you some disruption. We will be working to get our services back to normal as quickly as possible.
“Royal Mail has well-developed contingency plans, but we cannot fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce.
“We’ll be doing what we can to keep services running, but you should expect significant disruption on dates when strike action is taking place.”
CWU general secretary Dave Ward said today: “Postal workers in this country will not meekly accept having their lives being made worse for the benefit of a wealthy few.
“We are seeing a national outpouring of anger from workers who are sick to the back teeth of an incompetent business elite who want to destroy a great institution, worsen working conditions and damage the communities our members serve.
“Workers will never accept the Uberisation of Royal Mail – nor will the public, who have backed us in unprecedented numbers in the past few months.
“Postal workers are not going to swerve in our determination, which is something that Royal Mail have got to realise.
“Royal Mail bosses have lost the dressing room, and unless they make efforts to get real on negotiating with workers representatives, serious disruption will continue.
“In the meantime, we urge every member of the public to stand by their postie.”
