POSTAL workers have walked out for second time in a fortnight.

Around 100 post officers are currently stood outside the Royal Mail sorting office on Liverpool Road after staging an unofficial walkout over workload and a dispute with management.

There has been no official ballot for the action.

One of the workers, who wishes to remain anonymous, said: “All we want to do is do our jobs, but we have an unbelievable workload – some of us are delivering until 8pm.

“We are not treated fairly because there is no heating in the office and the ladies don’t even have working toilets.

“There’s around 120 of us left after people have been suspended.”

In response to the action, Royal Mail spokesperson Sally Hopkins, said: "Royal Mail is disappointed that unballoted industrial action is taking place today (Monday, November 27) at St Helens delivery office. This covers the WA9, WA10 and WA11 postcode areas.

“We sincerely apologise to customers in these areas for any disruption to their mail services. We are doing all we can to minimise this disruption by bringing in extra resources from the neighbouring area. The customer service point is open as usual for customers to collect items for which we have left  a ’Something for You’ card.

“Mail collections from postboxes in the area may also be affected this afternoon so customers are advised to post mail outside of the area, drop mail off at any main Post Office branch or at the delivery office (St Helens Delivery Office, 23 Liverpool Road, St Helens, WA10 1AA).

“Royal Mail is fully committed to the process to resolve concerns of postal workers based in the St Helens office by following the national jointly agreed framework with the Communication Workers Union (CWU)."