Supply chain and administrative workers at the UK’s Post Office are staging a 24-strike on Thursday over pay.
Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) who deliver cash and supplies to sub-post offices, process finances, and work in administration are involved in the row.
It comes after CWU members who work at Post Office counters staged a strike over pay on Monday.
The CWU said the action on Thursday is over the pay freeze for the 2021–22 financial year, and the amount of pay increase offered for the 2022–23 financial year, which is 3 percent plus a one-off payment of £500 ($588).
CWU Assistant Secretary Andy Furey laid the blame for the national disruption “entirely” on the senior Post Office leadership, who Furey said “have repeatedly failed—and wilfully refused—to set out a sensible and fair pay agreement.”…