UK. Post workers announce 48-hour strike in first national walkout since privatisation
Postal workers will walkout on a 48-hour strike later this month in the first national stoppage since the Royal Mail was privatised four years ago.
The strike, involving 111,000 postal workers, will start at 11am on Thursday October 19 in a bitter dispute over pensions, pay and jobs.
The strike announcement follows a strike ballot backed by a massive 89% on a turnout of 73% – well above the turnout threshold of 50% set last year by the Tory’s controversial Trade Union Act. The union accused the company, which was privatised four years ago, of “unilaterally” closing its final salary, pension scheme.
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