Following disputes involving postal workers jobs and modernisation of the service, a number of strikes have been planned and are due to start today, Friday 7th August 2009.

This set of strikes, which is believed to be the first of several, is due to run for up to 4 days from the 7th to the 11th at varying locations throughout the UK. According to the BBC News website, the following areas are likely to be affected by delayed or unavailable services:

• Friday Birmingham vehicle operation centre; Burslem; Coventry Parcelforce Hub; Edinburgh mail centre; Essex regional distribution centre; Huntingdon; London; Northampton national distribution centre; Peterborough delivery office
• Saturday Somerset; Bristol delivery offices; Dalkeith; Edinburgh; Peterborough and Skegness
• Monday Ipswich mail centre; King’s Lynn; Stanton; Bury St Edmunds and Thetford in Norfolk
• Tuesday Stoke-on-Trent

Royal Mail claims 90% of their employees will still be working as normal , however the strikes are estimated to involve around 25,000 people. The walkouts also include Royal mail lorry and delivery drivers so it may greatly affect national services as opposed to just local ones.

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