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Andy Kerr
Deputy General Secretary (Telecoms)
17th May 2013
BT Pay ballot timetable opens
Following the CWU’s negotiated settlement with BT on pay for Team Members who are NewGRID grades and Loyalty Advisor agents, the BT Committee is recommending the pay offer to members in a consultative ballot.
17th May 2013
Teeth bared to ‘vampire kangaroo’
A blunt warning has been issued to Airwave that even one compulsory redundancy amid CWU-represented grades will trigger a full-scale industrial relations crisis.
16th May 2013
New impetus to agency battle
The importance of the CWU’s ‘Closing the Loopholes’ campaign to end the “immoral and unethical” abuse of a new generation of agency workers was dramatically reaffirmed at CWU Annual Conference.
13th May 2013
CWU seeks clarity on o2 outsource rumours
CWU has today (Monday) written to Telefonica o2 boss Ronan Dunne asking him to clear up the rumours which are running through o2 call centres today regarding outsourcing
9th May 2013
Deal reached on BT pay of 2.8% plus £200
Following difficult and protracted negotiations, the CWU has secured a final pay offer from BT of 2.8% plus a pensionable £200 lump sum. The offer will be put to members in a ballot and if accepted will be paid in June salaries.
