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BT avoids proposed industrial action
News The threat of industrial action by BT managers over pay conditions has been averted — for now — as talks continue between the telco and the trade union representing around 14,000 BT managers and professionals.
[May 27, 2008, 8:45]
Unite to hold Fujitsu strike ballot
News Staff at Fujitsu Services are poised to vote on whether to take industrial action against the company's proposed pension cuts. That result was in favour of industrial action, with 87 percent of members voting to strike.
[October 8, 2009, 14:22]
Strike fears over BT outsourcing plan
News BT may be hit by industrial action over a plan to shift directory enquiries jobs to India. The Communication Workers' Union said that 700 workers may be affected by BT's outsourcing plans, and has contacted 3,500 workers outlining their intention...
[February 19, 2003, 15:45]
Strike to cripple Swansea's public services
News Council workers in Swansea have voted in favour of industrial action in support of striking IT staff in a move that could cripple public services. Over three-quarters (1,625) voted in favour of industrial action short of a strike and just under two...
[October 7, 2004, 11:55]
Fujitsu IT staff vote in favour of strike
News Employees at Fujitsu Services have voted in favour of taking industrial action against proposed cuts to jobs and pensions. A majority of 74 percent voted for strike action, and 92 percent were in favour of industrial action short of a strike.
[November 2, 2009, 16:10]
Fujitsu IT staff to hold 3-day strike
News According to the notice of industrial action served to Fujitsu by Unite on Thursday, employees will work to rule and contract, and follow a policy of non-cooperation. A majority of 74 percent voted for strike action, and 92 percent were in favour...
[November 6, 2009, 15:03]
Strike threat to BT Wireless sell-off
News We want to win this argument by open debate but there will come a point at which the union will have to protect its members in Wireless," Drake said, adding that the CWU would consider industrial action if it felt its members' interests could be...
[August 31, 2001, 13:39]
Fujitsu staff start five-day strike
News In December it suspended industrial action while Acas (the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) was brought in to help. A spokesman for Fujitsu Services told ZDNet UK: "It is the policy of the company not to comment on industrial action.
[January 29, 2007, 13:14]
AOL UK redundancies could prompt strike
News Another NUJ meeting to decide whether a strike is inevitable will probably take place next Friday, a day after the union meets with AOL UK management, although Lennox insisted that "nobody wants to take industrial action of any kind".
[December 15, 2006, 11:31]
Unrest at BBC shows need for better outsourcing management
News During July, more than 80 percent of the 370 BBC IT staff affiliated with the Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union voted in favour of industrial action in reaction to the agreement.
[August 23, 2004, 12:10]
Unite to hold strike ballot at HP
News The ballot, which began on Wednesday, is the first time HP's employees in the UK have been asked to vote on industrial action, according to Unite. We will continue to maintain a dialogue with the union in an attempt to avoid any form of industrial...
[October 29, 2009, 11:57]
'Summer of discontent' ahead for O2
News Dave Johnson, lead CWU negotiator with O2, warned that a ballot on industrial action is "inevitable" if O2 fails to improve its latest pay offer and said the mobile operator faces a summer of "discontent and disruption".
[August 2, 2005, 14:05]
EU Parliament forgives Council for adopting patent directive
Talkback Please can they formulate their Plan B to be as aggressive as (legally) possible regarding future industrial action, legal action, organising boycotts etc. Vote NO to the European Constitution. Vote yes for Eurosceptic parties in national elections.
[March 31, 2005, 21:20]
Firemen could strike over IT project
News The FBU said it will oppose the project "by all means possible" and will look at balloting its members on industrial action if ministers press ahead. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is threatening strike action over a £1bn government project to...
[May 17, 2005, 9:10]
Fujitsu workers to strike this week
News A Fujitsu spokeswoman said the company did not comment on industrial action. In addition, "action short of a strike involving withdrawal of goodwill commenced on Monday 20 November and is still ongoing", said the union.
[January 10, 2007, 13:44]
'Cyber-loafing' signposts motivation problems
News Despite industrial action on the London Underground and a perennially poor public transport network nationwide, only 6.03 percent of respondents pointed the finger of blame at the trains and buses. David Guyatt, chief executive of filtering...
[July 16, 2004, 12:25]
IT giants fight wireless patent
News Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) was awarded the patent in 1996, which it claims relates to technologies used in several of IEEE wireless standards. In an announcement on Wednesday, CSIRO said that...
[May 18, 2005, 16:35]
Update: America uses Echelon to spy on Britain
News And while Britain readies herself for a potentially damning legal investigation that could cause serious damage to European relations, David Lataf the French lawyer bringing legal action against the NSA for industrial espionage later this year...
[July 3, 2000, 13:10]
US Report: US to spur third-world e-commerce
News Self-regulation in the digital age will require the private sector to engage in much greater collective action to set and enforce rules than was characteristic of the Industrial Age. However, experience shows that in many developing countries...
[December 1, 1998, 9:15]
A Year Ago: US to spur third-world e-commerce
News Self-regulation in the digital age will require the private sector to engage in much greater collective action to set and enforce rules than was characteristic of the Industrial Age. However, experience shows that in many developing countries...
[December 1, 1999, 6:06]
