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Royal Mail Workers to Walk Out Over Pay in ‘Summer’s Biggest Strike’

An employee passes trolleys with parcels in Chelmsford, U.K.

An employee passes trolleys with parcels in Chelmsford, U.K.

Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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THE PRESS ASSOCIATION (Alan Jones, PA Industrial Correspondent)

More than 100,000 postal workers will walk out on Friday in a dispute over pay, in what is being described as the biggest strike of the summer so far.

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said its members are taking industrial action for a "dignified, proper pay rise" after they voted in favour by 97.6% in a ballot.