Post hit by new strike
POSTAL workers took fresh wildcat strike action today, causing further delays to mail deliveries.
Staff in Liverpool and parts of London took unofficial action in a continuing row over new shift patterns.
An official 48-hour strike ended at 3am yesterday but there were spontaneous walkouts at 24 delivery offices after a new row broke out when workers were told their shift times had been changed.
The Communication Workers Union has called a series of official strikes from next Monday in its long running dispute with the Royal Mail over pay, jobs and pensions.
The Royal Mail said most of its workers had returned to work yesterday and were clearing the backlog of mail caused by the 48-hour strike.
The company also said it had given notice over a period of months of changes to shifts.
The Prime Minister yesterday told the workers there was “no justification” for the dispute continuing, comments which were criticised by the TUC.
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