40,000 Communication Workers Union (CWU) members across BT and its subsidiary Openreach held a second day of strike action Monday, following a 24-hour strike last Friday—the first national strike at the company in 35 years. Workers are demanding a substantial pay increase after BT imposed a pay award rise of …
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The two-day strike at BT on July 29 and August 1 sees 40,000 telecoms workers join with rail workers and hundreds of thousands of others in a growing fightback against the corporations and the Conservative government’s refusal to agree a living wage. This is the first company wide strike since …
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The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is sitting on the largest strike mandate it has been handed for decades, refusing to name any dates for action against Royal Mail’s imposition of a 2 percent pay award this year. Around 115,000 postal workers at 1,500 workplaces returned a 97.6 percent vote for …
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More than 40,000 workers at UK telecoms giant BT Group are set to strike on July 29 and August 1 against a below inflation pay award for this year. Following the first national rail strike in 25 years last month, the BT action will be the first company-wide strike since …
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BT workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strikes in a dispute over pay – joining a growing army of employees taking industrial action in the coming months in what has been dubbed the “summer of discontent”. General secretary Dave Ward said BT was facing the first national strike since …
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CWU members at the Royal Mail are being asked whether they want to join in a summer of strikes that has seen industrial action on the railways, the courts and will see airport staff walkout Video Loading Video Unavailable The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Postal strike: ‘Big yes …
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ATTEMPTS by bosses at Royal Mail to impose massive real-terms pay cuts on workers proves that they are “P&O in sheep’s clothing,” the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said today. Deputy general secretary Terry Pullinger warned of a “major breakdown in trust” after management took the “ridiculous strategic decision” to boost wages by …
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Post Office workers are to take national strike action May 3, in opposition to pay restraint imposed in line with the public sector policy dictated by the Johnson government. The one-day stoppage will close 114 Crown Post Offices (those run directly by the Post Office) around the country and there …
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Speaking yesterday (28 March) at a Royal Society of Arts (RSA) CDC forum, pensions and financial inclusion minister Guy Opperman said he was keen to “capitalise on the enthusiasm” around CDC. Regulations which came into play under the Pension Schemes Act 2021 provide for single and connected employer schemes, which …
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Royal Mail Group (RMG), the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Unite the Union have confirmed plans for a new collective pension scheme following a successful consultation process, with the scheme to be launched by the end of 2022 or early 2023. The positive outcome to the consultation, which was launched …
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