Postal staff go on 24-hour strike

Postal workers in Cambridge have begun a 24-hour strike over concerns about Royal Mail modernisation plans, which a union says will lead to job cuts.

Workers at the delivery office in Henley Road walked out from midnight on Thursday, the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) said.

There was also a strike at the Royal Mail depot in Ely.

Royal Mail said it was doing its best to lessen the impact of the strike on the service.

We will call off all strike action in return for meaningful negotiations on modernisation, pay and job security Dave Ward, CWU

Dave Ward, CWU deputy general secretary, said: "Never before have postal workers experienced so many attacks from all sides.

"Whether it's pay, job security, workload or dignity and respect at work, our members are facing a beating on all aspects of their working lives.

"We will call off all strike action in return for meaningful negotiations on modernisation, pay and job security."

A Royal Mail spokesman said: "We are again talking with the union having met them more than 50 times already in recent months, we again urge the CWU to call off its strikes.

"We cannot understand why the union is claiming to support modernisation when it's pursuing a policy of actively opposing the changes we need to make."

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