Post Office closure strikes
Staff at Crown Post Offices across the Midlands will walk out in protest over jobs, pay and closures today. It is one of 70 branches that faces franchise.
Union questions Post Office branch closures
Jim Reeves, from the Communication Workers' Union, says the argument to close 70 Crown Post Offices is flawed because the business is profitable.
He spoke to ITV News Central outside the Kings Heath branch in Birmingham as staff went of strike this morning.
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