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BT Faces Strike Over Back-office Outsourcing
News While BT argues that such outsourcing will allow staff to concentrate on customer satisfaction, the Communications Workers Union told the newspaper The Guardian that it will take action if BT does not halt the trials.
[July 12, 2001, 13:16]
Workers Protest Over Call-centre Outsourcing
News Hundreds of BT directory enquiry employees who are members of the Communications Workers Union walked out of their offices between 11.30 a.m.and 2 p.m.on Thursday in protest at BT's plan to open call centres in India.
[March 20, 2003, 15:40]
Strike Threat To BT Wireless Sell-off
News The Communications Workers Union (CWU) is concerned that the separation of BT Wireless from the rest of the telco will result in job losses. We want to win this argument by open debate but there will come a point at which the union will have to...
[August 31, 2001, 13:39]
Shareholders Give Thumbs-up To BT Wireless Spin-off
News Despite protests from the Communications Workers Union and telecoms union Connect, investors backed the plan, which will see mmO2 -- formerly known as BT Wireless -- demerged on 19 November. Unions and some BT workers had protested outside the...
[October 23, 2001, 16:26]
BT Outsourcing Move Brings Strike Threats
News The Communications Workers Union said it will step up preparation for a day of demonstration on 20 March. The CWU is getting support from trade union group Amicus and banking union Unify and intend to run a united campaign to lobby government.
[March 7, 2003, 14:22]
Ford Offers Amnesty On Internet Porn
News Lydia Aydon, public affairs spokesperson at Ford, said this is part of their regular staff communications and comes from discussions with the Transport and General Workers Union. A spokeswoman for the Trade Union Congress said it is important for...
[March 5, 2002, 13:03]
Union Bangs The Drum For Universal Broadband
News The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has called on the government and industry to make universal broadband access a reality in the UK. Drake, who said that her union has first proposed a national broadband network in the 1970s, is unimpressed...
[October 22, 2002, 12:09]
Future Of Another Motorola Factory In Doubt
News Union leaders believe that a sale could result in further high-tech job losses in Scotland, and Raymond Wilson, of the Transport & General Workers' Union, wants Motorola to clarify the situation. Union fears that 600 jobs could be in jeopardy after...
[May 10, 2001, 11:19]
Court Battle Highlights Email Rights
News For example, during contentious contract negotiations involving court workers in Santa Clara County, California, the union agreed to a contract that specifically spelled out email privileges as well as salary and other workplace information.
[April 1, 2003, 8:32]
Vodafone Workers Win Union Recognition
News Around 200 Vodafone workers in the Midlands, the North of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have gained union recognition. The mobile giant has been required to recognise communications union Connect following a legal ruling by...
[July 24, 2007, 9:01]
IBM Escalates Outsourcing To India And China
News On Tuesday, a union group trying to organise workers at Big Blue said IBM's alleged plans reported by the Journal reflect the tip of the iceberg. We are hearing that the number of global services jobs that will be offshored is about 40,000 by 2005...
[December 17, 2003, 7:50]
Broadband's Inspectors Sport Varied Track Records
News An earlier early day motion supporting the Communications Workers Union's Demand Broadband campaign attracted the support of just two committee members -- Richard Burden and Linda Perham. Conservative MP Andrew Lansley is a committee member, and in...
[September 16, 2003, 18:30]
Business Email May Escape Spam Crackdown
News By bringing in this anti-spam legislation, the government is implementing the European Union's directive on privacy and electronic communications. The government is considering exempting business email accounts from its forthcoming clampdown on...
[July 2, 2003, 13:52]
AOL UK Redundancies Could Prompt Strike
News Following a ballot of around 40 employees, who are members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), strike action is now on the cards but has not been definitely confirmed. According to Jenny Lennox, the NUJ's assistant organiser for new media...
[December 15, 2006, 11:31]
Ofcom Needs More Broadband Clout, Say MPs
News He also congratulated the Communications Workers Union (CWU) for pushing the government on this issue. According to several MPs, the Communications Bill should be amended so that Ofcom -- the new regulator that will replace five existing regulators...
[January 7, 2003, 16:28]
Union Takes BT Spin-off Row To Government
News The Communications Workers Union (CWU) is taking its protests over the demerger of BT's wireless division to the government, and is insisting that the split will not benefit either BT's shareholders or its workforce.
[September 3, 2001, 13:05]
Angry O2 Workers Disrupt AGM
News The meeting, held in Reading, was picketed by the Communications Workers Union (CWU) as part of its campaign to raise pay for O2 employees. In a heated atmosphere, O2 board members were labelled "fat cats" by shareholding workers, who are unhappy...
[July 28, 2005, 13:15]
Government Subsidies 'would Harm Broadband Britain'
News For this reason, Jeannie Drake -- deputy general secretary for telecoms at the Communications Workers Union -- recently called on the government to pay for high-speed Internet access for the public sector and to fund pilot schemes, demos...
[November 15, 2002, 15:10]
The Week In Review: The Kids Are All Wired
News The Communications Workers Union has hit the roof over the suggestion that BT might move its directory enquiries operations to India. It's 'hold the front page' time: Intel is going to concentrate on making chips in 2003.
[February 21, 2003, 16:48]
Vodafone Boss Survives Shareholder Attack
News UK telecoms union Connect was also in attendance outside the AGM, protesting against a motion put in front of shareholders that cuts the targets execs must meet to earn bonuses, while workers were unable to earn theirs this year due to the...
[July 26, 2006, 10:05]
