Workers at the Post Offices are going on strike over a salary issue

• Some 114 Crown Post Offices – those directly owned by the company – will close for 24 hours.
• Sub-post offices will have no cash deliveries or collections.
• Communication Workers Union are angry over a pay freeze in 2021-22 and a 2% rise for the following year.

The branches influenced are bigger ones – frequently situated on the high road – which are straightforwardly claimed by the Post Office itself.

Around 3,500 individuals from staff are engaged with the debate. A strike previously occurred toward the beginning of May – and there are further walkouts anticipated Monday.

The CWU said that Post Office supervisors had been demanding a compensation freeze for 2021-22 “regardless of the organization creating a benefit throughout the previous two years during the pandemic from the endeavors of their key specialist representatives”.

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“Insultingly, Post Office has offered recently a 2% boost in compensation – in addition to a £250 one-off installment (supportive of rata for seasonal workers) for 2022-23,” a representative from the CWU added.

The association said this proposition was sufficiently not to stay aware of fast expansions in the cost for most everyday items, which is as of now ascending at 7% per year.

The CWU said its individuals casted a ballot by 97.3% on a 70.2% turnout to make a strike move.

Mail center Postal Assistants – a critical area of the labor force – at present procure under £24,000 each year, the CWU proceeded.

In the event that administration rigorously followed government strategy, these laborers would have gotten a compensation increment of no less than £250, yet they have not.

Association collaborator secretary Andy Furey said: “Mailing station the board are demanding they are basically following government strategy on open area pay strategy.

“Yet, they have more than once gone against themselves, and have likewise said that it’s their choice to force a compensation freeze.

“We know Post Office has turned over tremendous benefits in these beyond a couple of years – the board can stand to give our individuals a sensible boost in salary on the off chance that they needed.

“This isn’t an issue of reasonableness. This is about show of dominance from an administration that is unnecessarily irritating its key laborer representatives.”

The association said it had an order for additional strikes before very long

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