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| Royal Mail workers vote to strike | Royal Mail workers vote to strike |
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| Royal Mail postal workers have voted to take strike action over job security and working conditions. | Royal Mail postal workers have voted to take strike action over job security and working conditions. |
| Postal workers voted three to one in favour of action, with 61,623 out of a total of 80,830 workers who voted saying they wanted to strike. | |
| The company and unions have been unable to resolve differences on how best to modernise the postal service. | The company and unions have been unable to resolve differences on how best to modernise the postal service. |
| Royal Mail says it needs to make big changes to combat a fall in the number of letter and parcel deliveries. | Royal Mail says it needs to make big changes to combat a fall in the number of letter and parcel deliveries. |
| Dave Ward, deputy general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), said his union would work hard to avoid a strike. He said it would give the Royal Mail a "final opportunity" to resolve the dispute. | |
| He said there would be a minimum of 10 days before any strike would take place. | |
| He added that union members had delivered a "damning verdict on the way the Royal Mail is run. We understand the need for modernisation, but it needs to be done in a way that protects workers". |