Royal Mail staff vote to strike in pay dispute

CWU members vote in favour of action after union said management hoped to impose 2% increase

Thousands of Royal Mail workers have voted to strike in a dispute over pay.

About 115,000 members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) were balloted on whether to stage a campaign of industrial action and voted 96.7% in favour of strikes, on a turnout of 77%. The result of the ballot was announced by the union's general secretary, Dave Ward, and its deputy general secretary, Terry Pullinger, at the York Barbican.