Royal Mail workers poised for strikes after Easter as talks fail

CWU union lines up action as MP brands bosses’ threat to put service into administration as ‘scandalous’

Postal workers at Royal Mail are poised to stage a fresh wave of strikes after Easter as talks in a long-running dispute between the company and union stalled, and a threat by bosses to put the company into administration has been labelled “scandalous”.

The Communication Workers Union (CWU), which represents about 115,000 postal workers, is close to agreeing multiple strike dates to take place in April after the Easter holidays, the Guardian understands. A formal announcement of the strike dates is expected this week.