LTB 037/19 – BT Sunday Payments for Part-Time Employees Branches have reported issues with the application of Sunday Attendance payments for part time employees. This issue has mainly arisen in…
Fermanagh Trades Council centenary event
On Friday 18 January Fermanagh Trade Council held an event at Enniskillen Library to launch its centenary celebrations, marking one hundred years since its inaugural meeting in February 1919. As…
End Period Poverty event
Ashlee Chadwick, manpower member and union rep in Portadown organised an event in his local area last month to highlight period poverty. Items requested for donation before Christmas were sanitary…
Give Blood – Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service donation venues
The festive season, for a number of reasons, is a time of high demand upon the NHS and the need for Blood donations is important at this time. We’re calling…
NI Children’s Hospice fundraiser
This Tuesday 18th we have organised a fundraiser for Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice. The Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice support children and their families through a range of services. These services include…
Branch Meeting: Tomorrow 7PM
We will be hosting a full Branch Meeting at 7pm tomorrow, Tuesday 11th December 2019, at the Regional Telecoms Office 24-36 Antrim Road, Belfast BT15 2AA. Your attendance will be most…
Don’t miss this: Pensions Update
The BT Hybrid Scheme will launch from 1st April next year and those eligible will be able to pre-register to join from March 2019. After the launch those eligible to join…
Show your support: Sign the petition
Help us to show solidarity to our comrades and colleagues in BT Property and Facility Services. Download the LETTER to Gavin Patterson and post it directly to him and show your…
Calling all members: Join us tomorrow for the #ENDGAME tour
Join us to support our BTPFS colleagues at Riverside Tower on Friday. We demand cast-iron commitments to job security, contractual hours, protection of hard-won Real Living Wage levels for housekeepers…
CWU Forum on Wellbeing and Mental Health
North Section Secretary David Simpson and East Section Secretary Fiona Curtis attended CWU Forum on Wellbeing and Mental Health last month. The forum had been billed as an opportunity for branch reps to hear direct…
#ENDGAME – Shock BTFS announcement jumpstarts new campaign
Following last weeks shock announcement that BT Facilities Services are to be outsource, the CWU is sending an unequivocal message to BT that it has to ‘Stop Playing Games’ with…
ICYMI September – October
Welcome to the September-October round-up of important CWU news and resources you might have missed We Closed the Gap! The CWU’s Close the Gap campaign has now fulfilled its objective…
CWU Women’s Open Evening
Frustrated that issues in the workplace and wider society no longer speak to you as a woman?Always wanted to speak out but don’t have the confidence? Then the CWU calls…
BT Pensions Update
Deferred BT Pension Scheme (BTPS): All BTPS members at 30 June should have now received a statement detailing your closure benefits at your home address (the Closure Statement) and an…
Branch meeting 23rd October
A Branch meeting will take place for all members on 23rd October 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at the CWU Antrim Road office. Tea and coffee will be provided on…