Post Office faces strikes over plans to close DB scheme

Kristian Brunt-Seymour
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The Post Office is facing strike action over plans to close its defined benefit (DB) plan to future accrual.

Unite members began preparing strike action after Post Office representatives informed them it lacked the funding required to continue paying DB benefits to the scheme's 3,500 members. The Post ...

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