Royal Mail Workers Vote to Strike in Blow to U.K. Post
- Walkout could affect busy year end, Black Friday period
- Labor group in dispute with firm over pensions, working hours
The Royal Mail Mount Pleasant post sorting office in London.
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Royal Mail Plc workers voted in favor of a strike that could affect the busy year-end holiday period, potentially throwing the world’s oldest postal service into disarray.
About 97% of members backed a national walkout, the U.K.’s Communications Workers Union said on Tuesday. Details of the plan, including the timing, will be determined over the next few weeks, General Secretary Dave Ward told reporters in London on Tuesday.