Thousands of postal workers belonging to the Communication Workers Union will walk off the job on October 31

Thousands of postal workers belonging to the Communication Workers Union will walk off the job on October 31 in a dispute over pensions and branch closures. “It will be the second day of strike action by members in a dispute over job losses, the closure of the DB pension scheme, and the closure and privatisation of Crown post offices. The union, which has said the Post Office is at a crisis point, is not ruling out further action in the run-up to Christmas. Dave Ward, CWU general secretary, said: “The stakes have never been higher for the future of the Post Office, its workers and the communities they serve. The Post Office is at crisis point and the management and government need to listen to the workforce. Staff and the public are seeing little more than a glorified closure programme from the Post Office and it cannot survive by simply cutting costs.”