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British postal union leaders have endorsed a deal aimed at ending a bitter dispute with the Royal Mail over pay and flexible working conditions. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said the agreement would now be subject to a ballot by its 130,000 members. It offers staff a 5.4% rise in pay and weekday overtime from 1 October, and an extra 1.5% pay hike from next April - conditional on reforms being delivered. Royal Mail said the deal gave it a "fighting chance" of future success. The firm said the agreement - which brings a summer of costly industrial unrest closer to an end - would enable it to proceed with the modernization of its operations.