09/07/2010
BT And CWU Reach Pay Agreement
BT has announced it has reached agreement with the Communication Workers Union's (CWU) leadership on a new pay package for team members.
The package, which has been agreed by the union's executive, will now be recommended to union members in a consultative ballot. The ballot will take place within the next few weeks.
Having failed to reach agreement on a one or two year deal, the two sides have instead agreed on an unprecedented thirty nine month deal that will take both sides through until March 2013.
The agreement will see team members receive pensionable pay rises worth 3 per cent each financial year from April 2010 to March 2013 with the rise being backdated to January 2010. The union had previously demanded a 5 per cent rise for 2010/11 alone.
BT had previously offered a 2 per cent pensionable pay rise from April 2010 and a 3 per cent rise from January 2011. The company had also offered lump sum payments worth up to £500 for each team member but these have now been removed given the revised terms over thirty nine months.
(CD/KMcA)
The package, which has been agreed by the union's executive, will now be recommended to union members in a consultative ballot. The ballot will take place within the next few weeks.
Having failed to reach agreement on a one or two year deal, the two sides have instead agreed on an unprecedented thirty nine month deal that will take both sides through until March 2013.
The agreement will see team members receive pensionable pay rises worth 3 per cent each financial year from April 2010 to March 2013 with the rise being backdated to January 2010. The union had previously demanded a 5 per cent rise for 2010/11 alone.
BT had previously offered a 2 per cent pensionable pay rise from April 2010 and a 3 per cent rise from January 2011. The company had also offered lump sum payments worth up to £500 for each team member but these have now been removed given the revised terms over thirty nine months.
(CD/KMcA)
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