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The threat of a major national UK strike by a significant chunk of BT<\/a>’s workforce appears to have subsided, if perhaps only temporarily, after the two sides involved took steps to calm the situation and re-engage in negotiations. But the thaw in hostilities may only last until early June, unless an agreement can be reached.<\/p>\n

Back in March 2021 the Communications Workers Union<\/a> (CWU), which represents around 40,000 of BT<\/a> Group’s staff (BT<\/a>, Openreach<\/a> and EE<\/a>), announced that they had “taken the decision to move to an official national industrial action ballot<\/em>” for all employees after failing to resolve various points of disagreement.<\/p>\n

Shortly after that the operator then proposed to offer around 59,000 frontline UK workers a “special bonus<\/em>” of \u00a31,500 to recognise their efforts in helping to keep customers and the country connected to broadband, phone and mobile services during the pandemic, which the CWU immediately characterised as a “bribe to not vote for strike action<\/em>” (here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The CWU’s Gripes with BT Include:<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u27a4 Mass closure of many sites.
\n\u27a4 A potential threat to voluntarism in leaving the business.
\n\u27a4 A piecemeal approach to closure which lessens the chance of re-deployment.
\n\u27a4 Undermining and ignoring your agreements that protect your pension and voluntary redundancy terms.
\n\u27a4 Drastically reducing the pay, terms & conditions for multiple roles and grades.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The situation appeared to be heading for an ugly confrontation on the picket lines, but the two sides have now taken some steps to reduce the tension. <\/span>In short, BT has agreed to pause its redundancy programme and, in response, the Communications Workers Union<\/a> (CWU) will pause triggering the statutory industrial action ballot process. But the pause may only last until early June.<\/p>\n

Andy Kerr, CWU Deputy General Secretary, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“This is a small victory … We\u2019re around the table now and we will work 24\/7 over the next three weeks to make sure we get the right deal for all of you. We want a negotiated settlement, but if that fails, we will ballot in early June for industrial action.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The CWU is seeking significant progress in the new round of negotiations, but BT seems unlikely to completely halt its wider restructuring efforts for the long-term. Meanwhile, the idea of holding strike action at a major communications\u2019 provider during a public health crisis seems likely to divide opinions.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for BT said: “Both BT and the CWU believe that continuing to talk is the best way to resolve our points of difference<\/em>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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