Postal Strikes for Week of 17th August

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Postal Strikes for Week of 17th August

Another week of postal strikes is set for next week affecting East Anglia, London, the South West and other parts of the UK. Royal Mail network drivers will again be striking affecting all cross-country mail services. Full details of strike action are listed below.

Strike action takes place in Nottingham, Leeds and Carrickfergus for the first time since the national dispute of 2007. All strike action is for 24hours unless stated otherwise. Further information will follow next week.

Monday 17th August:
Coventry delivery office (~500 staff)
Leamington Spa delivery office (~140 staff)
London Airport Mail Unit (~120 staff)
London Mount Pleasant (over 2,000 staff in deliveries, collections and sorting)
Nottingham East delivery office (~50 staff)
Stoke-on-Trent (continuous strike action)
Wednesday 19th August:
Network drivers (~1,300 staff) at:
· Birmingham Vehicle Operation Centre
· Coventry
· East London Regional Distribution Centre
· East London VOC
· Essex RDC,
· Greenford VOC
· National Distribution Centre, Northampton
· Nine Elms VOC, Vauxhall
· Peterborough VOC
· Princes Royal Distribution Centre Indoor and VOC, north London
· South West Regional Distribution Centre Indoor and Drivers, Bristol
· Yorkshire Distribution Centre VOC, Leeds
Plus all of London deliveries, collections and sorting with the exception of Mount Pleasant and London Airport Mail Unit.
Thursday 20th August
Peterborough delivery office
Friday 21st August
Peterborough collection drivers
Kings Lynn delivery office
Saturday 22nd August
Boston delivery office
Carrickfergus delivery office (Northern Ireland)
Monday 24th August:
Skegness Delivery Office Lincolnshire
Huntingdon Delivery Office Huntingdonshire

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