UK postal workers walk out again as peace talks fail
Royal Mail workers in the UK walked out today at the start of a second 48-hour strike that will further cripple the postal service.
Marathon peace talks over the weekend failed to break a deadlocked row over pay, jobs and pensions, and the strike began at 3am.
Talks between officials from the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the Royal Mail broke up late last night with no prospect of a deal.
Some 130,000 workers staged a 48-hour strike which ended at noon on Saturday causing a massive backlog of mail across the country.
Striking postal workers will hold a rally in central London today, which will be addressed by union leaders and other supporters.
Picket lines will again be mounted outside mail centres across the country and the strike will cause more disruption, especially to companies which rely on the post for orders.
Business leaders have urged the two sides to keep talking until a deal is reached and have warned that the dispute is costing industry millions of pounds.
