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| Postal staff set for strike move | Postal staff set for strike move |
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| Postal workers across Northern Ireland are due to begin the first of two 48-hour strikes. | Postal workers across Northern Ireland are due to begin the first of two 48-hour strikes. |
| The Communication Workers Union said it was taking industrial action because of a row over pay and jobs. | The Communication Workers Union said it was taking industrial action because of a row over pay and jobs. |
| The strikes will take place from lunchtime on Thursday to lunchtime on Saturday and from Monday to Wednesday next week. | The strikes will take place from lunchtime on Thursday to lunchtime on Saturday and from Monday to Wednesday next week. |
| Royal Mail said it was disappointed at the move and it is advising customers not to post mail on strike days. | Royal Mail said it was disappointed at the move and it is advising customers not to post mail on strike days. |
| Julie McMaster from the customers' watchdog Postwatch said small business would suffer very badly. | |
| "OK, you have electronic e-mails and that sort of thing, but if you are waiting for that cheque, that one cheque can be the breaking of a business," she said. | |
| "They need to be aware of what actually is happening and try to make other arrangements." |