Royal Mail staff in Dumfries and Galloway are set to stage 4 days of strikes as they battle for higher pay.
The Communication Staff Union (CWU) is demanding a “dignified, correct pay rise” for workers following mail bosses imposing a two per cent rise that the union say was with out settlement.
Union officers additionally pointed to shareholders being paid £400 million and large income as they develop into the subsequent union to move in the direction of strike motion.
Industrial motion will happen on August 26 and 31 and September 8 and 9.
It comes after 77 per cent of members voted overwhelmingly, 97.6 per cent, to strike. The union mentioned the most recent pay rise doesn’t tackle rising inflation and the price of residing disaster.
CWU common secretary Dave Ward mentioned: “No one takes the choice to strike frivolously however postal staff are being pushed to the brink.
“There will be little doubt that postal staff are utterly united of their dedication to safe the dignified, correct pay rise they deserve.
“We will’t carry on residing in a rustic the place bosses rake in billions in revenue whereas their workers are pressured to make use of foodbanks. When Royal Mail bosses are raking in £758m in revenue and shareholders pocketing £400m, our members received’t settle for pleas of poverty from the corporate.
“The CWU’s message to Royal Mail’s management is straightforward - there shall be critical disruption till you get actual on pay.”
This would be the first Royal Mail strike in 13 years until an settlement is made earlier than August 26. Mail bosses apologised to clients and mentioned the CWU rejected a proposal price as much as 5.5 per cent. Nevertheless, the union mentioned the phrases and situations, and targets which might set off a £500 award, are “unachievable”.
Royal Mail’s chief government officer Simon Thompson acquired an total annual pay and perks bundle price £753,000 this yr.
Ricky McAulay, operations director at Royal Mail, mentioned: “After greater than three months of talks, the CWU have failed to have interaction in any significant dialogue on the adjustments we have to modernise, or to give you different concepts.
“The CWU rejected our provide price as much as 5.5 per cent for CWU grade colleagues, the largest enhance we've got provided for a few years.
“In a enterprise that's dropping £1m a day, we will solely fund this provide by agreeing the adjustments that may pay for it.”