Thousands of BT Group staff are almost certain to go on strike next month after their union rejected the company's last ditch attempt to avert its first walk out in almost a quarter of a century. The Communication Workers Union, which represents more than 50,000 BT employees, yesterday dismissed the company's new offer and accused Britain's largest telecoms company of "blatant double standards".
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BT's blue-collar workers are angry that they have been offered a below-inflation pay rise, while some senior executives have been granted increases in excess of 7pc.
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BT's blue-collar workers are angry that they have been offered a below-inflation pay rise, while some senior executives have been granted increases in excess of 7pc.
The CWU has warned that the first national strike since 1987 could leave thousands of households and businesses without a working phone line or broadband access, because the majority of its members work as engineers or in call centres dealing with faults.
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