Mail deliveries to be affected as yet more strikes announced over 'hammering' of living standards

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Royal Mail deliveries will be halted for four days later this month and at the beginning of September as 115,000 postal workers will go on strike for a “dignified, proper pay rise”.The Communication Workers Union (CWU) - which represents Royal Mail Workers - have announced strike action to take place on Friday, August 26, Wednesday, August 31, Thursday, September 8, and Friday, September 9.Chief among their demands, is an increase in pay which reflects the challenges facing working people brought about by the cost of living crisis.Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.

Sign up to our newsletters here.Following negotiations ongoing between the union and Royal Mail, workers were offered a two per cent increase by bosses, with a further 1.5 per cent dependant on the erosion of terms and conditions and a £500 “above and beyond” bonus for reaching targets which union reps say that even the company know are unachievable”.

Royal Mail says this works out to a 5.5 per cent increase.Craig Anderson CWU Regional Secretary for Scotland, said that the union is already in discussions with Royal Mail about modernisation and that the 1.5 per cent of the offer contingent on the ripping up of the current terms and conditions ignores this process.He added: “Rather than addressing the issue with regards to our pay rise, they want to add in lots of other things when we’ve already met with the company to discuss changes to the business.”The decision to go on strike was supported by the vast majority of CWU members, with 97.6 per cent of a turnout of 77 per cent voting for it in a recent ballot.CWU General Secretary Dave Ward said: “Nobody takes the decision to strike lightly, but postal workers are being pushed to the