Following a number of staff strikes spread over several locations between the 7th August to the 10th August, it has been announced further strikes will be going ahead by workers of Royal Mail from today.

This second phase of strikes is set to run for a week from today, 17th August to next Monday, 24th August. As with the first set of strikes, various locations will be affected on certain days. According to the BCB the following strike schedule is to take place:

17 August: London, Coventry, Leamington Spa, Nottingham, Stoke-on-Trent
19 August: Birmingham, Coventry, London, Essex, Peterborough, Bristol, Leeds
20 August: Peterborough
21 August: Peterborough, Kings Lynn
22 August: Boston, Carrickfergus
24 August: Skegness, Huntingdon

The strikes are in protest of proposed modernisation suggestions put forward by Royal Mail, which include cutting jobs and other measures to combat electronic media.

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