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| Post Office staff back strike action over job cuts | Post Office staff back strike action over job cuts |
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| Post Office staff have voted for strike action over planned cuts to jobs, services and pensions, the Communication Workers Union has said. | Post Office staff have voted for strike action over planned cuts to jobs, services and pensions, the Communication Workers Union has said. |
| In a ballot of 3,500 members, just over half took part and 83% voted to strike. | In a ballot of 3,500 members, just over half took part and 83% voted to strike. |
| Union officials said the Post Office was "on the path to extinction" and the government must now intervene. | Union officials said the Post Office was "on the path to extinction" and the government must now intervene. |
| In April, the Post Office announced plans to move up to 61 more branches into WH Smith stores over the next year. | |
| The move is part of a 10-year agreement to relocate more branches into the retailer's stores. | |
| Dave Ward, CWU general secretary, said: "Staff in the Post Office face 2,000 job losses this year, the closure of their pension scheme and a strategy of slash and burn from the board of the company. | |
| "The Post Office is at crisis point and the government has to step in." |