Royal Mail staff to strike on 6 more days including Christmas eve

Royal Mail workers are planning strike action on six days in December, including Christmas Eve, which is usually one of the busiest days of the year for the company. 

The new dates are on top of four days of planned strikes already announced for late November, around Black Friday shopping events.

The Communication Workers Union (CWC) said: “the livelihoods of postal workers” were at stake. 

Royal Mail said changes to the business were “not optional.”

The ongoing strike action is over pay, jobs and conditions at the company. 

The newly announced industrial action has been called for 9, 11, 14, 15, 23 and 24 December, the busiest time of the year for deliveries. 

The CWU which represents more than 115,000 postal workers at Royal Mail, said it still wanted a negotiated settlement with Royal Mail Group and would “continue to engage the company to that end”.

“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,” it said.