{"id":32079,"date":"2022-08-30T09:09:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T08:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=32079"},"modified":"2022-08-30T09:47:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T08:47:22","slug":"thousands-of-bt-and-openreach-workers-head-back-to-picket-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/08\/thousands-of-bt-and-openreach-workers-head-back-to-picket-lines.html","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of BT and Openreach Workers Head Back to Picket Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Up to 38,000 of BT<\/a> and Openreach<\/a>’s unionised workers will today be heading back to hundreds of picket lines across the UK as they begin a second major national strike, which is part of an ongoing pay dispute. The strike, which will run through today and tomorrow, is expected to cause more delays to service provisions etc.<\/p>\n

Not to sound too much like a broken record on this, but here’s the somewhat obligatory recap. The core issue, as raised by the Communications Workers Union<\/a> (CWU), stems from a dispute over pay. BT<\/a> previously announced that they planned to award workers a \u00a31,500 consolidated pay increase to their annual salaries (up from an original offer of \u00a31,200). The operator said this would be the \u201clargest [pay rise] \u2026 in over 20-years<\/em>\u201d for 58,000 of their UK frontline and Team Member colleagues – representing an increase of up to 8% for some colleagues and more than 3% for even the highest paid frontline workers.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> The strike only includes workers from BT<\/a> and Openreach<\/a>, while EE<\/a>\u2019s c. 2,000 workers fell short of the ballot threshold by just 8 votes and will not take part.<\/div>\n

However, the Deputy General Secretary (Telecoms and Financial Services) of the CWU, Andy Kerr<\/strong>, who had previously called for a pay rise of 10% to recognise the \u201ccontribution our members have made to the business<\/em>\u201d, rejected the offer and warned that, given the surging level of inflation, it would have represented a \u201crelative pay cut<\/em>\u201c. Kerr also noted that BT\u2019s CEO had awarded himself a 32% pay increase.<\/p>\n

So far, there doesn’t appear to have been any move toward an agreement, which is what triggered the operator\u2019s first major national two-day strike since 1987 (that was held on Friday 29th July and Monday 1st August). As a result, a second strike has now begun.<\/p>\n

Dave Ward, CWU General Secretary, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The disruption caused by this strike is entirely down to Philip Jansen and his ridiculous refusal to speak to his workers about a fair pay deal.<\/p>\n

These are the same workers who kept the country connected during the pandemic. Without CWU members, there would have been no home-working revolution, and vital technical infrastructure may have malfunctioned or been broken when our country most needed it.<\/p>\n

These people have performed phenomenally under great strain and have been given a real-terms pay cut for a reward, while Jansen has rewarded himself a 32% pay increase off the backs of their work.<\/p>\n

The reason for the strike is simple: workers will not accept a massive deterioration in their living standards.<\/p>\n

We won\u2019t have bosses using Swiss banks while workers are using food banks.<\/p>\n

BT Group workers are saying: enough is enough. They have serious determination to win, and are not going to stop until they are listened to.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A BT Group spokesperson said.. again:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We know that our colleagues are dealing with the impacts of high inflation and, although we\u2019re disappointed, we respect their decision to strike. We have made the best pay award we could and we are in constant discussions with the CWU to find a way forward from here. In the meantime, we will continue to work to minimise any disruption and keep our customers and the country connected”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The CWU’s press release claims that the “strike action is also likely to have a serious effect on the roll-out of ultra-fast broadband, and may cause significant issues for those working from home<\/em>“. But the first strike did not appear to cause any major disruption to the national network itself (much of that operates autonomously) and only had a mild impact on new network deployments \/ repairs \/ provisions (here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

As before, BT says they have the necessary processes in place for tackling large-scale colleague absences, which they’ve previously said would \u201cminimise any disruption for our customers<\/em>\u201d and \u201ckeep the country connected<\/em>\u201c. We did also ask both BT and the CWU if they knew roughly how many workers did go on strike the first time around, but neither side could provide that.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the more strikes that occur, the greater the disruption. Eventually delays to new provisions, repairs and other work could start to become more than a mere short-term annoyance. This would be true not only for the telecoms giant, but also their customers – both end-users and network operators \/ ISPs alike etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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