It’s Time to Back the BT Workers
After celebrating key workers during the pandemic, BT’s management is pushing through redundancies and site closures – now is the time for the public to get behind the workers and their union.
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Andy Kerr is the deputy general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) for telecoms and financial services.
After celebrating key workers during the pandemic, BT’s management is pushing through redundancies and site closures – now is the time for the public to get behind the workers and their union.
In December, CWU members in BT Group overwhelmingly rejected the company’s plans for mass redundancies. Now they have a message: start real negotiations soon, or we ballot for industrial action.
Today, thousands of workers in the BT Group begin a campaign of action against compulsory redundancies – their reward from the company for the risks they took as key workers at the Covid-19 frontlines.
BT workers kept Britain connected during Covid-19 – but instead of a reward from the company they now face forced redundancies and cuts to terms and conditions.