UK postal workers strike before Christmas

Postal workers across the UK started eight days of strikes in the runup to Christmas on Friday, December 9. Footage from Parliament Square in London shows a rally on the first day of strikes by members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) on Friday.

The strikes follow a breakdown in talks between the Royal Mail and the CWU.

The union has said it is striking over “attempts to enforce massive real-terms pay cuts, force through thousands of compulsory redundancies and enact changes that would see Royal Mail turned into a Uber-style gig economy parcel courier.”