A strike by Communication Workers Union (CWU) members has been averted
following agreement having been met BT and the union’s executive. The
CWU balloted members back in June following a 2% pay increase proposal when
the Chief Executive saw his remuneration increase by 79% in 2009-2010.
The union were pushing for a 5% increase but the agreement sees members
receive a 3% pensionable pay increase backdated to January 2010 and running for
39months.
“This agreement is good for BT, its employees, shareholders and customers.
BT will benefit from a long period of certainty whilst our employees will have
financial stability during uncertain economic times. I am pleased that we have
been able to work with the union’s leadership to resolve this matter as
industrial action would have been in no-one’s interest.”Ian Livingstone, (Chief Executive) BT
The CWU will now recommend the package to members in a consultative ballot
in the next few weeks.
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Carpetburn – this is for people who are on the BT Newgrid pay scheme only, this will not include outsourced companies, such as HCL.
If HCL want to put through a pay increase, then they will.
The people in india don’t work for BT, they work for HCL, HCL works for BT.
Unions will be the death of the British Economy one day!
In theory unions are good, a voice for the people yadda yadda…
But in practice it can be very different…
mattbibby
Who was responsible for the recent world-wide economic crash ????
Oh!! now I remember the big “Unions” called baks; hedge funds; sb-prime mortgages etc.etc.
Who is having to pay ??? everybody except the above
Coorection to typo’s in above post of mine ‘Banks’ ‘Sub-prime’
Are you serious? Really?
HCL are a company… do you understand this so far?
HCL employ people… still with me?
They pay them money… please dont get lost here..
They decide their pay… oh my god its getting confusing
BT employ HCL’s services… jees its really confusing now
BT have no say over the management/terms of employment of these people… WOW IM CONFUSED
So if a pay rise is going to be done… its done by the employer… HOT DAMN YOU’HV LOST ME NOW!
Learn how a business operates.
HCL will have a contract with BT to answer so many calls, HCL will state how many man hours are required to answer that many calls and how much they charge for each man hour, HCL then gets a nice fat cheque then divides it up between workers whilst taking cuts.
If HCL are going to pay them more, then they will advise BT when time comes up for contract renewal of the man man/hour cost and it is up to BT to decide if they go with it or not.
Its called outsourcing, not micro-management.
BT will monitor calls, and provide feedback based on complaints, but in the end it is up to HCL to do coaching and hand slapping, which they will, becuase it is in their interest to keep the people with the cheque book happy.
“Really HCL have to ask BT for a pay increase to their workers?” – at the time of contract renewal they state their price….or they can take a cut out of their profits… its their choice really.
cb – please list them.
Explanation of outsourcing seems correct though.
ps – glad we established the latecy difference was microseconds nad not milliseconds!
More random rants. The strike was about members of the CWU no-one else, but its got BT in the title so.. flame on as usual. /sigh
cb – please continue latency duscussion in a forum. The delay is totally insignificant.
Posted in General Broadband Chatter. Asking if end used speed (not latency) is affected by cabinet distance.
HCL pay is set by HCL, not BT. That’s what outsourcing is about.
I used to enjoy reading about the many news items on broadband.Intelligent comments etc., however now, the garbage that appears from the cb has reduced my interest to nil. The current comments are total rubbish and obvisouly come from someone who has no conception on the structure of contractors and large companies. I don’t think I will visit page until someone removes this person from the the forums.
snore
mattbibby your comment is like saying a rich population is bad for the country. higher wages = more spending power and a better economy.