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Pre-Christmas strikes move into second day

A wave of strikes by thousands of workers, hitting the rail, post and airline industries in the run-up to Christmas, are taking place for the second day.

A strike at Crown post offices closed about 50 High Street branches on Monday, while action by Southern Railway staff continues.

A series of disputes have flared over issues including jobs, pay, pensions and safety involving some of the country's biggest trade unions.

British Airways have said it plans to run a full service on Christmas Day and Boxing Day despite the impending strike by cabin crews.

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BA set to run full service over Christmas despite strikes

BA plan to run a full service on December 25 and 26. Credit: Reuters

British Airways have said it plans to run a full service on Christmas Day and Boxing Day despite the impending strike by cabin crews.

The airline had slammed the decision by the Unite union to hold a strike over the festive period and pledged to ensure its customers get to their destinations.

Unite members have decided to take industrial action following a pay dispute of around 4,500 so-called mixed fleet cabin crew who joined the airline since 2010.

We are making sure that this attempt to ruin Christmas for thousands of our customers fails.

Over the weekend we have been working on detailed contingency plans to ensure that we are able to operate our normal flight programme from all our airports on both Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

We urge Unite to abandon this strike call, which is serving only to cause anxiety among our Mixed Fleet cabin crew colleagues.

– Alex Cruz, British Airways
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