Royal Mail managers to strike over jobs and pay

Unite members will work to rule over plan to cut 700 jobs and slash pay by up to 7,000

Royal Mail managers across the UK are poised to take industrial action in the next two weeks in a dispute over jobs and pay.

Unite, the union that represents the workers, said 2,400 managers would work to rule between 15 and 19 July, followed by strike action between 20 and 22 July over Royal Mail's plan to cut 700 jobs and slash pay by up to 7,000.