CWU fury as ‘morally bankrupt’ BT claims its first ever compulsory redundancy scalp Already strained industrial relations between the CWU and BT have hit a new low following the company’s Enterprise division’s decision to press ahead with the first ever compulsory redundancy of a team member grade employee. “The time for talking is far from […]
Posted: 2nd June 2020
Hi, Peter Pascall here. For those who don’t know me, I’m the recently elected North West BAME Lead. I’m just writing this little piece to give some praise to the key work being carried out by CWU members where I work at BT Lancaster House, Liverpool. All these members are key workers and are unseen […]
Posted: 2nd June 2020
As Covid-19 testing is ramped up by the NHS, our frontline Royal Mail members are stepping up collections of home testing kits, with the activity now ranging across most regions of Britain on every day of the week. After successfully piloting the campaign in Truro, Cornwall, test collections were rolled out to 162 delivery offices […]
Posted: 2nd June 2020
Detailed plan agreed for O2 store re-opening Comprehensive arrangements to safeguard the welfare of both staff and customers have been agreed with Telefonica in advance of the reopening of the company’s O2 stores. Read more below: www.cwu.org/news/detailed-plan-agreed-for-o2-store-re-opening/
Posted: 2nd June 2020
Another announcement on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, but this is at least a big one and will be genuinely helpful for forward planning. The changes concern how far employers will be required to contribute to the wage costs of staff who have been furloughed. Key changes are: “Flexible Furloughing”. From 1 July employers will […]
Posted: 2nd June 2020
BT Members Bulletin Dear Member, I am writing to you about the communication you will have received this morning from BT in relation to a ‘review’ on contractual redundancy and paid leaver terms for all BT employees in the UK. As part of this review BT has served 12 months’ notice on our whole 2018 […]
Posted: 29th May 2020
Despite promises from the government of spot checks in every workplace to ensure safety, the Health and Safety Executive is not actually able currently to carry out physical checks. HSE paused physical checks in March and hasn’t restarted them as it can’t guarantee the safety of its own staff. There is also a huge funding […]
Posted: 24th May 2020
Important protections secured by the CWU on behalf of members in Openreach during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis were celebrated at the first ever national briefing of activists representing members in that company to have been conducted by video conference. Well over 50 branch activists from all four corners of the UK participated in yesterday’s (Thursday) […]
Posted: 24th May 2020
For your information, please see update below from #TheCWU Research Dept on the government assistance measures document to reflect the recent guidance on holiday entitlement and pay. The new information added since the previous update (on 12th May) is highlighted in red. CWU Research Dept Update – COVID-19 Government Assistance Measures/Work-Housing-Welfare – Childcare
Posted: 22nd May 2020
Field engineering members across the entire telecommunications sector are being reminded of the paramount importance of ensuring that any abusive behaviour they encounter in the course of their duties is formally reported and logged – especially where it relates to ‘fake news’ that coronavirus is somehow being spread by the rollout of 5G. Six weeks […]
Posted: 19th May 2020