The UK’s Communications Workers Union (CWU) has announced that its members working for UK incumbent BT have overwhelmingly backed a fully consolidated and pensionable pay deal, representing a 9.3% rise to basic pay over three years.
In a consultative…
The UK’s Communications Workers Union (CWU) has announced that its members working for UK incumbent BT have overwhelmingly backed a fully consolidated and pensionable pay deal, representing a 9.3% rise to basic pay over three years.
In a consultative ballot of CWU members working for the company, 86.6% voted for the pay rise, which is backdated to January 1, 2010, bringing to the end months of negotiations and possible strike action.
Andy Kerr, CWU deputy general secretary, said: “CWU members have backed this pay deal with a strong majority which is great. It was a very hard set of negotiations including a ballot for strike action so this pay rise was very hard won.”
On June 17, CWU issued a statement criticising BT for failing to recognise employees while paying a 6% dividend to shareholders and increasing the pay and bonuses for its senior executives.
A strike was later called off because of concerns over the legality of the balloting.
A spokesman for BT said: “We’re pleased that CWU members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of our three year pay deal. This is a good result for both BT and CWU members.”
