Union prepares for legal action against An Post

THE Communications Workers Union (CWU) is this morning preparing for legal action in a bid to force An Post to reinstate more than 500 suspended employees.

As An Post continues to seal letterboxes in areas affected by the current dispute, union officials were confident that many of the employees taken off the payroll in recent days were illegally suspended.

CWU official Michael Bride confirmed the union was evaluating its legal options. "Our priority is to get people back to work. We are confident that we have a legal basis for that," he said.