Sorting office 'strikes possible'

Royal Mail staff have said they will go on strike if plans go ahead to shut Coventry's postal sorting office.

The company says it needs to shut the Bishop Street office and move the operations to Northampton because the Coventry site is no longer suitable.

The move would mean 500 jobs would have to be transferred from the Bishop Street office.

Mick Kavanagh from the Communication Workers Union said many staff were upset with what had happened.

Mr Kavanagh met city MPs at the House of Commons on Wednesday and said he was still in talks with Royal Mail managers.

However, he warned that unless matters were resolved quickly, staff would be prepared to strike.

In April city council leaders in Coventry suggested seven alternative sites to keep the office in the city, however Royal Mail rejected them.