The BT Hybrid Pension Scheme (BTHS) has been open since April. Those eligible now only have only until 30th September to decide whether or not to join. To help draw attention…
Retired Members branch committee representative: Result
Huge congratulations to Lawrence Huston winning the vote for representative of the Retired Members to sit on the branch Committee. Congrats also to Joe Dowdall for giving a good run…
Holiday Uplift Payments: An explanation
For those members interested in finding our more about how HUP will be calculated/applied, please see the below except from LTB 048/2019; a letter from Employee Relations to our T&FS…
ICYMI: HUP & Claiming payment for working beyond your finish time
Voluntary Overtime is now included in the calculation for HUP and this started in April 2019. There is a helpful Q&A on the BT HR site if there are any…
The Voice: Summer 19
CWU’s The Voice gives vital updates on a whole range of workplace issues affecting members across the CWU – as well as the many subjects debated at CWU Annual Conference….
LTB 393/19 – TRADE UNION ACT – POLITICAL FUND NOTICE
TRADE UNION ACT – POLITICAL FUND NOTICE IN RELATION TO MEMBERS WHO JOINED THE CWU ON OR AFTER 1ST MARCH 2018 Under the Trade Union Act, the union is required to…
Fair pay demanded for VVS operators
Telecoms & Financial Services May 29 2019 Pay rates for those fielding 999 calls and a plethora of other public service call streams completely fail to reflect the increasing complexity and…
CWU Rulebook 2019
The latest version of the CWU Rulebook, updated at CWU Annual Conference 2019 is now available and ready to download hereor under the CWU Rulebook link on our navigation menu
CWU at the Carnival of Resistance
Spotted ? the The Communications Union contingent at the #CarnivalofResistance today in London ✊✊#StopTrumpism#TogetherAgainstTrump #TheCWU are first here ?♀️ #TogetheragainstTrump pic.twitter.com/OqjAdxyOFS— CWU Young Workers (@CWUYoungWorkers) June 4, 2019
CWU T&FS Conference Debates Healthcare Support For Transgender Members
Branch Chair, Erin Massey spoke about the Branch’s transgender motion, at the CWU’s Annual Telecoms and Financial Services Conference on Thursday 2nd May. Promoting the need for a new way…
2019 Pay deal effective from today
BT Employees will benefit from the second part of a 2 year pay deal negotiated with the CWU effective from today, 1st April. All NewGRID team member pay ranges and…
Fundraiser in aid of Comic Relief 2019
What a pavlova of a day! CWU NITB South Section Rep Ashlee Chadwick recently held a fundraiser in aid of Comic Relief 2019 in the Portadown BT call centre. Ashlee…
Wellbeing & Mental Health Forum
North Section Secretary David Simpson and West Section Secretary Mark Feehily recently attended the Wellbeing & Health Forum at CWU Head Office where BT made a presentation to Union Reps…
ICYMI December – January
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…
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…