The postal strikes have been called off until at least the New Year to allow for fresh talks between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union.
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said the decision had been made to provide “a period of calm” in which the two sides could reach a long-term deal.
He said that meant Royal Mail deliveries would be “free of any disruption” over Christmas.
However Mr Barber said that securing a final deal remained a long way away.
He was speaking after the TUC helped to broker the agreement between the two sides to end the strike action.
The industrial dispute has been over the level of job losses the Royal Mail says are necessary as part of its modernisation plans.
While the CWU accepts that some redundancies are required, the two sides disagree over their extent.
They also disagree over changes to pay and working conditions for Royal Mail staff that remain in their jobs.
‘Work hard’
CWU deputy general secretary Dave Ward said the decision to end the strike action had been unanimously agreed by its executive board.
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