Capita O2 and Tesco Mobile contract members reject 4% pay snub as cost of living crisis reaches desperation point for some Contact centre members across Capita have voted by well over nine-to-one to reject massive real term pay cuts from a company that reported a 1,631% increase in its full year profits this spring. Despite […]
Posted: 12th September 2022
Over 115,000 postal workers will be taking part in the biggest strike of summer so far to demand a “dignified, proper pay rise”. Workers will take strike action on Friday 26th August, Wednesday 31st August, Thursday 8th September and Friday 9th September. The decision to take industrial action follows the union’s recent ballot for strike action, which saw members vote by 97.6% […]
Posted: 25th August 2022
Picket Lines BT & Openreach 2 day Strike Fri 29th July & Mon 1st August Lancashire Blackburn TEC Summer St Blackburn BB2 2LD 7am onwards Blackburn ATE/CC 3 – 5 Jubilee St Blackburn BB1 1EP 7am onwards Accrington CC 1 Globe Way The Globe centre Accrington BB5 0FQ 7am onwards Preston TEC 100 Fletcher Rd […]
Posted: 28th July 2022
CWU BT and Openreach members delivered a massive vote for industrial action, smashing the Tory anti-worker legislation. Openreach members delivered a 95.8% yes vote and our BT members returned a 91.5% yes vote. Both smashed the anti-trade union i.e., turn out requirements. The company imposed a low flat-rate pay rise for 2022 – Our members […]
Posted: 28th July 2022
COMMUNICATION WORKERS UNION 30/06/2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CALL CENTRE WORKERS VOTE FOR HISTORIC STRIKE ACTION, ALONGSIDE 30,000 OPENREACH ENGINEERS, AS BT GROUP EMPLOYEES REJECT “WEAK, INSULTING” REAL-TERMS PAY CUT Call centre workers have voted for the first national call centre strike in British history, as Communication Workers Union (CWU) members at BT Group – notably […]
Posted: 30th June 2022
A copy of a home mailing to all Royal Mail Group members which landed Saturday / Monday. Ballot papers are being dispatched on Tuesday (28th June) – Vote Yes! 06781 Home mailing – Royal Mail group – v2
Posted: 27th June 2022
Rank hypocrisy on executive pay laid bare as BT Group industrial action ballot enters final week Telecoms & Financial Services June 24 2022BT Group’s double standards on executive versus staff pay have been spectacularly revealed for all to see, with no fewer than three major exposés appearing in the national media in just 24 hours. Taking […]
Posted: 27th June 2022
TUC: A breath of fresh air: a CWU reps campaign against air pollution Author Anna Markova, Mika Minio-Paluello Union reps from the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are taking action in workplaces across the Northwest of England to drive decarbonisation efforts and fight for clean air. “It certainly is for trade unions to really to start holding […]
Posted: 6th February 2022
PROTEST AGAINST | CORRUPTION | CRONYISM | FIRE & REHIRE | PRIVATISATION OF THE NHS | LOW PAY | PROTEST FOR | NEW DEAL FOR WORKERS | SAFER WORKPLACES | RIGHT TO FOOD | BETTER PUBLIC SERVICES | This year the Tory Party will be holding their annual conference in Manchester on 3 October – […]
Posted: 22nd September 2021
Telecoms & Financial Services, Capita July 14 2021 Wednesday 14th July 2021 Simultaneous protests have taken place in London and Bury to intensify pressure on Capita to deliver genuine options for North West employees who are convinced they face redundancy on account of the impending closure of their call centre. Despite Capita’s insistence that the planned […]
Posted: 19th July 2021