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Royal Mail today admitted its services had been seriously compromised by the unofficial strike by hundreds of workers. Concerns about the impact of the strike were deepening today, but no new talks were scheduled to be held between union and management representatives. The strike at the Tomb Street depot in Belfast began last Tuesday and immediately halted deliveries to addresses across the south, west and north of the city. The dispute spread at the weekend to the Mallusk centre which sorts post for the whole of the province. In a statement today, Royal Mail said its services were now “seriously compromised” and apologised to the public.

Royal Mail today threatened legal action against union officials representing postal workers on wildcat strike in Northern Ireland. The company said it did not think they had shown any real will to try to get the unofficial action in Belfast called off. It has written to a number of Communication Workers` Union representatives warning it could take action against them to recover financial losses caused to the firm by four days of unofficial action which has halted postal deliveries to much of Belfast. David Peden, Royal Mail commercial manager, said: “We have written to some individual union officials advising them they we may consider legal action. “Let`s be clear – there has been four days of unofficial action. We feel that there is no real evidence from union representatives to demonstrate any real will to get people back to work and are taking action accordingly.”