Postal strikes hit Netherlands

This morning I went to my local post office to get proper stamp affixed on a letter I wanted to send out. The lady there told me that the franking machine was not working. On being asked, she told me that it would not be working in the evening too (this post office opens for 2 hours in the morning and then for two hours in the evening).

Now I know why. Postal staff is on strike today in Amsterdam. I don;t understand why the lady was there in the first place. If you are on strike, you don't open or man your office. Another thing that surprises me is why she did not tell me about the strike.

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DutchNews.nl - Postal strike hits Amsterdam