Overtime is latest row at Royal Mail | Business

Some Royal Mail managers are working dozens of hours of unpaid overtime every month, their trade union has claimed, amid a fight over staffing levels that could lead to strike action.

The postal network is heading toward industrial strife this summer as Royal Mail battles with its unions. The Communication Workers Union, which represents the bulk of its 100,000 staff, is to notify the company of a ballot for industrial action next week over demands for a cost of living pay increase. The company could have a national strike on its hands in August.

Now a separate dispute with 2,400 Royal Mail managers at up to 1,000 locations represented by the Unite union has erupted over plans by the company to cut staffing numbers. These