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By Jesse Russell

Next Friday postal workers in the UK plan to stage their first strike in nearly ten years. Nearly 130,000 postal workers will walk off the job on June 29 accusing the Royal Mail of misleading the public by saying that the union was demanding a 27 percent pay increase and is against modernizing. The Communication Workers Union says the Royal Mail is cutting service, jobs and pay. The strike will come two days after new Prime Minister Gordon Brown takes office.