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| Postal workers taking more action | Postal workers taking more action |
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| Postal workers in Northern Ireland are to take more industrial action, in their dispute over jobs and pay. | Postal workers in Northern Ireland are to take more industrial action, in their dispute over jobs and pay. |
| The 24-hour strike called by the Communication Workers Union started at 1900 BST on Sunday. | |
| David Peden of Royal Mail said it would cause a backlog that will take a few days to clear. | David Peden of Royal Mail said it would cause a backlog that will take a few days to clear. |
| "We've obviously got a very restricted service on Monday and we would advise people not to post where possible," Mr Peden said. | "We've obviously got a very restricted service on Monday and we would advise people not to post where possible," Mr Peden said. |
| "But where they do need to post if they can post at their local post office as early as possible - post office branches are obviously working as normal." | "But where they do need to post if they can post at their local post office as early as possible - post office branches are obviously working as normal." |
| Postal workers staged strike action at the end of June as part of their dispute. | Postal workers staged strike action at the end of June as part of their dispute. |