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The BT<\/a> Group (inc. Openreach<\/a>, Plusnet<\/a> and EE<\/a>) has today proposed to award frontline broadband and telecoms workers a \u00a31,500 consolidated pay increase. But the Communications Workers Union<\/a>, which represents c.40,000 of the operator’s UK staff, has rejected this and moved to “prepare for a statutory industrial action ballot.<\/em>“<\/p>\n

BT<\/a> settled their last dispute with the CWU during the middle of last year (here<\/a>), which nearly resulted in a major national strike. But part of that agreement saw the operator commit to implement a pay increase for team members (and management teams) in the UK, which was due to be awarded this year and would “depend on various factors including business performance, economic outlook and inflation<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) recently rose by 6.2% in the 12 months to February 2022, up from 5.5% in January.<\/div>\n

Last week we reported that BT had proposed a consolidated pay increase of \u00a31,200 for all Team Member and frontline colleagues across the BT Group, which they claimed would be the \u201clargest aggregate pay increase<\/em>\u201d for those workers in the last 14 years – representing a \u201csalary increase of between 2.7% and 5.64%<\/em>.\u201d But the CWU promptly rejected that and negotiations continued (here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Following the “conclusion<\/em>” of those negotiations with the CWU, BT has today sweetened the deal by announcing that they plan to award all those workers a \u00a31,500 consolidated pay increase to their annual salaries, effective from 1st April 2022. This is said to represent an increase of up to 8% for some colleagues and more than 3% for even the highest paid frontline workers.<\/p>\n

Philip Jansen, BT Group CEO, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“BT Group has continued to support the country as it recovers from the pandemic: keeping families connected, helping businesses to grow in new, online markets and supporting organisations to stay connected and adopt hybrid working. We took the decision not to use redundancy and the government\u2019s furlough scheme as a direct consequence of the pandemic, and thanks to the contribution of all 100,000 BT people, we\u2019ve continued to improve customer ratings and invest in growing our full-fibre and mobile networks.<\/p>\n

While we have continued to extend and strengthen our networks to support the country\u2019s recovery, the pandemic has hit our financial performance, like that of most companies. We know that the cost of living continues to rise and by making this award, we\u2019re ensuring that our lower paid workers will benefit most and as soon as possible. I\u2019m pleased that we\u2019ve been able to make this pay award \u2013 the biggest in 20 years – to thank our colleagues and recognise their hard work.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

BT noted that its pay rise – the “largest … in over 20-years<\/em>” – was being awarded to 58,000 frontline and Team Member colleagues across BT Group, including engineers, contact centre and retail workers – all of whom are based in the UK. This is out of a total global workforce of around 100,000 people, c.83,000 of whom work in the UK.<\/p>\n

However, in a brief initial statement, the CWU said they had “rejected the pay offer<\/em>” and apparently have “no choice now but to immediately prepare for a statutory industrial action ballot<\/em>.” The Union said they would be sending further communications to members via email and social media later today.<\/p>\n

In 2021, BT Group paid frontline workers a \u00a31,000 cash payment, in addition to an award of \u00a3500 worth of BT Group shares.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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