Royal Mail strike dates - will letters and parcels still be delivered?

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Staff at Royal Mail will be taking part in nationwide strike action for four days in the coming weeks. Following a dispute over pay, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has organised the industrial action and it's expected that around 115,000 employees will be involved.

The first day of the strikes is Friday, August 26, with three more planned for the weeks ahead.Members of the union have also "overwhelmingly" voted to take more action against Royal Mail, with 98.7 per cent voting in favour on a turnout of 72.2 per cent.This will give the union the authority to organise more strikes if the workers' needs aren't met.Here is all the key information about the strikes and how they will affect customers.The dates for the planned industrial action are as follows:The dates for the next round of strikes have not yet been confirmed, but members of the Union have voted that they'll take action and go on strike again if Royal Mail do not improve their conditions.No letters will be delivered on the strike days, Royal Mail have said, with the exception of special delivery letters.In a statement on the website, Royal Mail said they were "sorry for the disruption" that the strike action is likely to cause, and that they will do everything they can to minimise the disruption.Royal Mail also warned that customers should expect to face "significant disruption" as their well-developed contingency plans "cannot replace the daily effects of its frontline workforce".It has been confirmed that Royal Mail:will deliver as many Special Delivery and Tracked24 parcels as possible on strike dayswill prioritise the delivery of COVID test kits and medical prescriptions wherever possiblewill not be delivering letters (with the exception of Special