Royal Mail has condemned the action by workers Postal workers in a Teesside town have staged a 24-hour strike in a row over working conditions. About 180 staff at the Middlesbrough delivery office began the walkout in the early hours of Saturday. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) members were protesting over a modernisation programme by Royal Mail. The industrial action is part of a UK-wide campaign. Royal Mail said modernisation was necessary to combat increased competition in the industry. Pete Sansum, the CWU's delivery representative in Middlesbrough, said: "We do not like to take action and we do not like to impose any issues on our customers. 'Intensifying competition' "But the reality is our members are being pushed and bullied and we have to try and take some action to stop this." Other industrial action took place in Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and Wales on Saturday. A Royal Mail spokesman said: "We will be doing our best to mitigate the impact of strikes in any area where the CWU is taking action. "We are again talking with the union having met them more than 50 times already in recent months. "We again urge the CWU to call off its strikes and to join Royal Mail's drive to complete the modernisation of the business as we tackle the intensifying competition from electronic media and the impact of the recession on mail volumes, now falling at around 10% a year."



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