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Post Office managers stage first action for over 30 years
Post Office managers will stage industrial action tomorrow for the first time in over three decades

Post Office managers will stage industrial action tomorrow for the first time in over three decades in a bid to break a 16-month pay freeze.

Unite revealed yesterday that its 900 managers in high-street shops and the company's headquarters will carry out an overtime ban and work to rule.

Members have voted to reject a non-pensionable cash bung from bosses and take action for the first time since 1979 to win a fair pay rise.

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