Post strike 'will hit welfare payments'

THOUSANDS of welfare recipients and pensioners will be prevented from collecting their payments next week because of a planned one-day strike, An Post warned last night.

The Communications Workers Union yesterday sanctioned the strike action over the SDS parcel delivery service.

Postal workers will strike next Wednesday and march on the Dáil over what they claim is the unnecessary closure of the SDS service and breaches of an agreement by management.