More than 115,000 staff will receive their ballot papers and are expected to back strike action.
More than 115,000 Royal Mail workers will begin voting on Tuesday over whether to go on strike over pay.
The CWU is the latest of several unions to ballot for strikes in recent weeks as the cost of living soars. But the government has warned against employers handing out big increases in salaries over fears of a 1970s style "inflationary spiral", where firms hike wages and then pass the cost on to customers through higher prices.
"The company has imposed a 2% pay award, miles away from where inflation is, totally inadequate," he said.
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