Government urged to intervene to break An Post pension impasse

The Communications Workers’ Union has written to the Taoiseach and Tánaiste seeking an 'urgent intervention' to sanction the increases for pensioners. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Ministers have been urged to step in to break an impasse it is claimed is leaving 7,000 An Post pensioners out of pocket on their payments, and which is threatening industrial relations at the company.

The Communications Workers’ Union (CWU) has demanded the immediate payment of pensions due to these former workers, which it said was approved by the Labour Court and signed off by the An Post pension board of trustees and by the board of management of An Post.