Hundreds of Royal Mail workers in Northampton set to strike over pay rates

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Hundreds of postal workers in Northampton, and across the country, are set to go on strike on Friday (August 26) over pay rates.

Royal Mail workers at both the Crow Lane and St James Mill Road sites are set to go on strike on Wednesday (August 31) and then on September 8 and 9, as well.

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The move comes after 97 percent of members in the Communication Workers Union (CWU) voted in favour of industrial action against an imposed two percent pay rise from Royal Mail.

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