An Post warns of serious strike risk

THE threat of a major postal strike in the run-up to Christmas remains a distinct possibility after talks at the Labour Court over the weekend failed to report any real progress.

Representatives of An Post management and the Communications Workers’ Union will meet again at the Labour Court in Dublin this morning in the hope of averting industrial action by workers.

The two sides have already held three days of talks over issues at the centre of the long-running dispute on pay and conditions at the trouble-ridden company.