POSTAL workers in the region are likely to follow other Royal Mail employees with strike action later in the month.

Staff at two Royal Mail depots in Bristol are due to take part in a nation-wide strike over jobs, pay and services tomorrow Friday, July 17 disrupting deliveries in the city.

However, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has said staff in Yate, Pilning and Filton are likely to carry out similar industrial action later in the month.

Dave Ward, CWU deputy general secretary, said: "There are serious and growing problems in the postal sector which urgently need resolving. We have renewed our offer of a three month no-strike deal to Royal Mail in return for meaningful talks over modernisation.

"The current cuts, bullying managers and ever increasing workloads on a shrinking workforce cannot continue. Pressure and stress is at breaking point for postal workers so we urgently need a fresh start for a modern Royal Mail."

A spokesman for the Royal Mail said: "Royal Mail will be doing everything possible during the strike to provide as complete a service as possible to customers.

"Strike action hurts both businesses and individuals and our customers will not understand how the CWU leadership can keep saying it backs modernisation while constantly resisting the introduction of new technology and more efficient working practices on the ground."