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Royal Mail<\/a> postal workers fighting for a “better pay deal” have begun striking in Tapton Hill, Sheffield<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This comes as Royal Mail workers nationwide begin a new wave of strikes<\/a> in the run-up to Christmas after a long dispute with management over pay and conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the union are set to strike again on Sunday and on 14, 15, 23 and 24 December. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dispute began this summer when Royal Mail rejected the workers’ request of a pay rise to match inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Royal Mail argued that it is losing \u00a31m a day and said it may need to cut up to 10,000 jobs by August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ben, a representative for The Communications Workers Union (CMU), said to Sheffield Wire: “Really we are fighting for the maintenance of our conditions and a better pay deal than what is being offered. We want the protection of our current working conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We’re open to modernisation and change and anything that the company needs to do, but like most forms of austerity, it’s a euphemism for finding ways of profiting.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

View<\/a> our Facebook live for the full interview with Ben.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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