Consultative ballot on strike action in Openreach as repayment planners signal their fury Telecoms & Financial Services, Openreach September 8 2020 Tuesday 8th September 2020 A small but intensely loyal group of CWU members in Openreach has taken the unusual step of asking the union to register their willingness to take industrial action over unagreed […]
Posted: 8th September 2020
Friday 28th August 2020 Unprecedented numbers of members from across all parts of BT Group have been taking to social media to demonstrate their support for the union’s ‘Count Me In’ campaign. Hot on the heels of last Thursday’s National Day of Support for BT Technology Workers – during which thousands went online to express […]
Posted: 1st September 2020
The CWU north west are backing Metro Mayors Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram’s campaign, ‘Time Out to Help Out’, to support workers who need to self-isolate. They were joined at the launch of the campaign by TUC General Secretary, Frances O’Grady and NW TUC Chair Lynne Morris, to speak about what unions are saying and […]
Posted: 14th August 2020
On Tuesday the Region held a very successful online NW Region “Women of Today” event with brilliant and inspiring contributions. Well done to all the speakers and Shelia Biggins, NW Regional Women’s Lead for all her hard work in organising the event. Sheila was supported by Karen Kendrick our Assistant Regional Secretary who chaired the […]
Posted: 30th July 2020
As a region we asked the panellists who kindly agreed to take part in our recent mental health event to nominate a mental health charity to receive a donation from the CWU North West by way of a thank you for all of their help. These are the charities that our panellists chose and they […]
Posted: 26th July 2020
Women of Today event and workshops Assertiveness and Confidence programme ONLINE ! Primarily for our female members and their guests – but we believe in equality so all are welcome Starts Tuesday 28th July 18:00-19:00 The opportunity to meet a range of women involved with the CWU who will share some of their experiences with […]
Posted: 20th July 2020
Thousands hear CWU deputy general secretary T&FS Andy Kerr’s call to arms as he launches our ‘Count Me In’ campaign… “We’re gearing up for an industrial action ballot. Now is the time to fight and now is the time to unite,” were the stirring words of Andy Kerr to thousands of BT members of our […]
Posted: 15th July 2020
BT Global has today (Thursday) become the latest line of business in BT Group to announce its long-term site location strategy – in the process exacerbating concerns of mass staff dislocation which have been mounting across the company in recent weeks. Specifically heralded as being part of the Group-wide Better Workplace Programme , Global’s plans […]
Posted: 9th July 2020
With tensions rising in BT Technology amid management stonewalling on redeployment associated with the division’s ongoing transformation programme – even before the full impact of an unprecedented site rationalisation programme really becomes clear – the CWU is urging members to prepare for tumultuous times ahead. CWU national officer Sally Bridge explains: “Since October we’ve been […]
Posted: 9th July 2020
A big ‘thank you’ to our reps helping vulnerable members return to work Postal, Post Office (PO) July 3 2020 Following government announcements last month on vulnerable workers’ policy, the CWU and Post Office have been working together to ensure that our members in these categories are fully supported as they return to their duties, […]
Posted: 3rd July 2020