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UNI’s UK affiliate, UNITE report that 8,500 managers based in head offices at the Royal Mail, Parcelforce and the Post Office will vote on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action. The ballot will run for three weeks from the beginning of next month.



If a simple majority of those who vote support industrial action, Royal Mail managers could be on strike in early December. The ballot is being held in protest at plans to make between 1,500 managers redundant, of which between 300 and 400 managers will be have to go compulsorily.



Paul Reuter, national officer for Unite, said: “Managers are so concerned about their futures that for the first time in over 30 years they will vote on industrial action. Unite will not allow managers to be forced out because of the poor decisions made at the very top of Royal Mail Group.



“If Royal Mail are allowed to push ahead with forced redundancies it will keep coming back for more, so Unite intends to stop Royal Mail in its tracks. There have already been 5,000 job cuts over the last five years without any compulsory redundancies. Such a drastic step is not necessary now and Unite will oppose it.”