Royal Mail workers have become the latest group to vote in favour of strikes in a dispute over pay.
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said on Tuesday that in a ballot of its 115,000 members, 97.6 percent voted in favour of industrial action from a turnout of 77 percent.
The union said Royal Mail offered a 2 percent increase, but the vote showed that postal workers “are demanding the proper pay rise they deserve.”
“While bosses rake in £758 million in profit and shareholders take £400 million, workers are expected to take a serious real-terms pay cut,” CWU General Secretary Dave Ward said while announcing the result….