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Staffs in hundreds of Crown post offices have staged another strike over branch closures, job and pay.\n<\/p>\n
Communication Worker Union (CWU) members at 371 offices walked out on June 29 in an attempt to pressure the British government to rethink its plans to close or franchise 76 Crown offices.\n<\/p>\n
The plans for closing down or franchising Crown branches are managed by Post Office Ltd and in some town have already occurred.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cPost Office staff, customers and communities are continuing to stand up for the local Crown post office services they value so highly. The support continues to be enormous. Bosses cannot keep their heads in the sand forever,\u201d said Dave Ward, deputy general secretary of the CWU.\n<\/p>\n
Ward said the Post Office bosses refusing to agree a pay rise is \u00c5\u201cunbelievable\u201d while they received millions of pounds as bonuses.\n<\/p>\n
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