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BT Faces Strike Action
News BT is accused of being "a big brother institution" as workers in BT call centres vote overwhelmingly for strike action Monday. It will be the first national strike BT has faced for 13 years. It is the latest blow for the telco, following a barrage...
[November 15, 1999, 12:21]
CRM Helped BA Survive Strike Action
News Customer interactions — hits on its Web site, email questions, or telephone enquiries — rose from a daily average of around 80,000 to more than 735,000 per day for the period of the strike action, according to BA.
[February 22, 2006, 14:10]
IBM Deal Averts Strike Action In Bradford
News Unions had threatened industrial action over the Bradford-i programme which involves cutting staff numbers by 40 over four years. Bradford Council has signed a contract with IBM to deliver its IT transformation programme after assuring worried...
[July 4, 2005, 16:55]
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]
'Summer Of Discontent' Ahead For O2
News UK mobile operator O2 is facing the threat of strike action after workers voted overwhelmingly to reject the company's "insulting" pay offer. A spokesman for O2 called the ballot result disappointing, but said the mobile operator has contingency...
[August 2, 2005, 14:05]
Strike To Cripple Swansea's Public Services
News Over three-quarters (1,625) voted in favour of industrial action short of a strike and just under two-thirds (1,299) voted for industrial action including a strike. One week's notice of strike action is legally required and a meeting of union...
[October 7, 2004, 11:55]
BT Faces Strike Over Back-office Outsourcing
News British Telecommunications could face a strike action if it does not call off plans to outsource some back-office processes to an Indian joint-venture partner, according to reports. This union is opposed to BT's plans to outsource work outside the...
[July 12, 2001, 13:16]
Strike Threat To BT Wireless Sell-off
News BT has been threatened with strike action that would cripple its operations unless it agrees to suspend the demerger of its mobile division. The spokeswoman also claimed that BT staff were unlikely to support strike action.
[August 31, 2001, 13:39]
Photos: Fujitsu Services Hit By Amicus Strike
News Staff at Fujitsu Services went on strike on Friday for the fifth day running, as their protest over redundancy rights, better pay and union recognition continued. The five-day strike is the culmination of a long-running dispute with the outsourcing...
[February 2, 2007, 12:17]
Striking Fujitsu Services Staff Return To Work
News A spokesperson for Fujitsu Services said it "welcomed the fact that the union had stopped its strike action and the opportunity to go back to negotiations". Staff at Fujitsu Services in Manchester have called off their strike following the...
[March 20, 2007, 15:51]
Swansea Ends 18-month IT Nightmare
News That resulted in the threat of further strike action after Unison accused Swansea Council of reneging on an agreement to give staff the option of permanent transfer or secondment to Capgemini. Swansea IT staff lost their fight after the council...
[January 5, 2006, 8:35]
News Roundup: BT In Crisis
News BT faces strike action Monday also marked the beginning of the company's first strike in 13 years as around 4,000 Communication Workers Union members protested against working conditions in call centres.
[November 19, 1999, 17:20]
Fujitsu Staff Start Five-day Strike
News Staff working on outsourced IT contracts at Fujitsu Services walked out on Monday to begin a five-day strike over redundancy rights, better pay and union recognition. The strike follows an earlier two-day walk-out.
[January 29, 2007, 13:14]
Fujitsu Workers To Strike This Week
News In addition, "action short of a strike involving withdrawal of goodwill commenced on Monday 20 November and is still ongoing", said the union. The union members "had no choice but to return to strike action to defend their redundancy rights, union...
[January 10, 2007, 13:44]
£2bn BBC Technology Sell-off To Go Ahead
News Siemens and BBC Technology made a number of concessions in August to avert Bectu strike action during the Olympic coverage, but both the union and staff remain unhappy with the outsourcing deal. The Bectu spokesman said further strike action is...
[September 21, 2004, 7:30]
Fujitsu Faces Five-day Strike
News Staff at the Manchester offices of technology giant Fujitsu will go on a five-day strike in just over two weeks' time, as the ongoing dispute between the company and trade union Amicus shows little sign of resolution.
[January 19, 2007, 16:01]
Turbulence In Tunisia
News Tell me about the hunger strike? The hunger strike has been going on since 18 October. The human rights language that was included in the declaration has not been.For more, click here.translated into the "action plan" that has been emerging.
[November 21, 2005, 13:55]
Firemen Could Strike Over IT Project
News The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is threatening strike action over a £1bn government project to replace 46 local fire service operations rooms with nine new high-tech regional control centres. The FBU said it will oppose the project "by all means...
[May 17, 2005, 9:10]
Strike Fears Over BT Outsourcing Plan
News If the CWU calls for strike action, other BT businesses could be affected, including customer service. 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...
[February 19, 2003, 15:45]
Fujitsu Staff To Strike Again
News Staff at Fujitsu Services will go on strike again this week, after the collapse of arbitration talks aimed at ending a long-running dispute between members of the Amicus trade union and management. At a meeting on Thursday, the staff voted to go...
[March 5, 2007, 12:34]
