Disruption to the postal service is looking increasingly likely as workers at An Post seem certain to vote in favour of industrial action.
The result of a ballot among 8,000 staff is to be announced tomorrow but a spokesman for the workers’ representative, the Communications Workers Union (CWU), has confirmed that the motion to take "industrial action up to and including strike" will almost certainly be passed.
The union are annoyed at what they say is management’s failure to engage in proper negotiations over a restructuring package which will see around 1,200 redundancies at the company.
The union’s general secretary, Mr Con Scanlon, has accused An Post management of acting outside an agreed partnership process.
The CWU spokesman said the company will be notified of the outcome of the ballot though what form industrial action will take has not yet been decided.