Postal workers begin massive strike

Aug 7 2009

Thousands of postal workers in Scotland have begun striking in a row over pay and jobs that is threatening huge disruption to mail deliveries.

The Communication Workers Union said members in Scotland and other areas including the West Country, London, East Anglia and the Midlands would take industrial action on Friday, Saturday and Monday, in the the biggest outbreak of unrest since a national stoppage in 2007.

The union's executive has also decided to hold a national ballot of its 160,000 postal members in September which could lead to nationwide strikes in October.