HOUSEHOLDERS and businesses have been hit by more disruption with the continued postal strikes halting deliveries - with more to come.

Postal workers walked out on Friday in the first of a new wave of strikes called by the Communication Workers Union (CWU). 

They will again man picket lines this Wednesday and Thursday and on December 23 and Christmas Eve.
A CWU spokesperson said: "The CWU want a negotiated settlement with Royal Mail Group and will continue to engage the company to that end.

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“But those in charge of Royal Mail need to wake up and realise we won’t allow them to destroy the livelihoods of postal workers.”

The strikes are expected to create delays in the delivery of parcels and letters in what is the busiest time of year for the service.

A Royal Mail spokesperson said: “We spent three more days at Acas this week to discuss what needs to happen for the strikes to be lifted.

“In the end, all we received was another request for more pay, without the changes needed to fund the pay offer.

“The CWU know full well that in a business losing more than £1 million a day, we need to agree changes to the way we work so that we can fund the pay offer of up to 9 per cent we have already made.

“While the CWU refuses to accept the need for change, it’s our customers and our people who suffer.

“Strike action has already cost our people £1,200 each.

“The money allocated to the pay deal risks being eaten away by the costs of further strike action.”

 

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This story was written by Matthew Norman, he joined the team in 2022 as a Facebook community reporter.

Matthew covers Bicester and focuses on finding stories from diverse communities.

Get in touch with him by emailing: Matthew.norman@newsquest.co.uk

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