Royal Mail announces more strikes to hit Christmas post

Six more days of walkouts come after another four days of action starting next week

A picket line outside a delivery office in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire (Adam Vaughan/EPA)

Royal Mail workers are to stage six fresh strikes next month, including on Christmas Eve, their union has announced.

The employees are in a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.

The Communication Workers Union had already planned four days of strikes beginning next week. They are on Thursday and Friday – which is Black Friday – as well as Wednesday 30 November and Thursday 1 December.