Royal Mail workers launch 48-hour strike over pay
Members of the CWU will take another 19 days of strike action in the coming weeks in the worsening dispute.
Picket lines have been mounted outside Royal Mail delivery and sorting offices after workers launched a 48-hour strike in a worsening dispute over pay.
Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) walked out, hitting deliveries of post across the country.
Talks between the two sides were held on Thursday but there was no sign of any progress being made and the union is planning to step up industrial action in the coming weeks.
The union said the walkout by around 115,000 of its members is the biggest strike of the year amid long-running disputes in other sectors.
