Post Office workers will today stage a one-day strike in a dispute over pay – although management say that the vast majority of their 11,500 branches will be unaffected and will remain open.
Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action in April. The union said the strike was over a pay freeze for 2021 and the offer of a 2% increase from April this year, alongside a £250 one-off lump sum.
Union officials said the offer was “exceptionally poor”, especially as RPI inflation had reached 9%. CWU official Andy Furey said: “Despite this union’s best attempts to avoid strike action, the Post Office has displayed no interest whatsoever in meaningful negotiations. As such, workers have delivered an overwhelming mandate for strike action.
