Postal workers in Northampton have voted to carry out two 24-hour strikes in the run-up to Christmas. The local dispute follows a row over management imposing extra workloads on delivery staff since the second post was abolished in August.
Postal services will be affected as the 400 members of staff refuse to work.
The first strike day is planned for this Friday with another 24-hour walk out on Monday 6 December. Talks on the strikes were held in London last week.
Efficiency plans
The strike also concerns efficiency plans for the Royal Mail.
Staff say they hit their new targets for some of the early weeks following the end of second class delivery but narrowly missed on other weeks by less than 1% off the target.
Their union said missing the targets, even though so narrowly, affects their pay. After talks broke down, 95% of staff voted to take industrial action.
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