LONDON -British postal staff will maintain 4 days of strikes in August and September in protest over pay, marking the most recent announcement of commercial motion within the nation as staff demand wage rises to deal with hovering inflation.
Rising costs and stagnant actual wage progress has pressured unions representing staff in industries together with railways and airways to strike or set off industrial motion as Britain faces its worst cost-of-living disaster in a long time.
The Communication Staff Union representing workers at postal group Royal Mail mentioned greater than 115,000 postal staff will go on strike on Aug. 26 and 31 in addition to Sept. 8 and 9.
If the strike goes forward, it might be the most important industrial motion taken by staff this summer time in Britain, the union mentioned.
“No one takes the choice to strike flippantly, however postal staff are being pushed to the brink,” mentioned Dave Ward, basic secretary of the union. “Postal staff gained’t meekly settle for their dwelling requirements being hammered by grasping enterprise leaders who're utterly out of contact with trendy Britain.”
Inflation in Britain is anticipated to rise above 10% later this yr however the authorities has urged companies to train restraint in pay settlements to keep away from fuelling what it says could be an inflationary spiral.
Royal Mail, one of many world’s oldest postal teams, apologised to clients for any disruption attributable to the proposed strikes.
The corporate mentioned it had supplied a 5.5% pay rise for CWU-grade staff, its greatest improve in years.
However the union mentioned this may result in a “dramatic discount” in staff’ dwelling requirements due to inflation.
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