Post Office counter workers begin strike over job security

UK Post Office counter workers began a two-day strike over job security and pensions on Monday, one of the busiest weeks of their year in the run-up to Christmas. The action will affect almost 300 Crown Post Offices, the larger branches usually found on high streets, but the rest of the Post Office's network of 11,600 branches is not involved. "Any action will affect fewer than three hundred of our branches, and many of these will be open to maintain services for customers preparing for Christma