Following consultation with the CWU, today BT has launched a major communication exercise detailing the implementation arrangements for the BT Hybrid pension scheme (BTHS). Establishing the BT Hybrid Scheme, which will be a completely new pension in BT, was a major part of the 2018 Pension Agreement and it will come into operation from 1st April…
SPECIAL GENERAL CONFERENCE ‘REDESIGN’ OBSERVER REPORT 3RD / 4TH NOVEMBER 2018 – BOURNEMOUTH Motions need to read in conjunction with the Special Redesign Conference Booklet – Delivering a Connected Union. Agenda Changes: Withdrawals; Motion 1 and Motion 2 Withdrawal from Composite; Motion 4 – London Phoenix & Portsmouth & District Postal Motion…
Openreach Performance Conversations Colleagues Your branch officers have received a number of requests for advice regarding performance conversations particularly within Openreach Service Delivery. Whilst it is clear that there has been an increased focus on this over recent weeks we do not expect that this will be a return to the environment of aggressive performance…
Following the joint CWU and Openreach SD workshop on 7 February 2017, this letter contains a summary of ‘Our Performance in SD’. In July 2016 Openreach SD formally recognised that our approach to performance management in SD was not right. Since that time, working with the CWU, there has been a lot of good progress…
BT’s Social Media Policy The purpose of this LTB is to ask Branches to raise awareness amongst members on how the company’s Social Media procedure can be applied to employees, and try to prevent as many potential disciplinary cases as possible. Social media is the term used for internet-based tools used on computers, tablets, and…
FAQs General · Why are we moving to Openreach Ltd? As a result of the Digital Communications Review (DCR) with our regulator, Ofcom, BT agreed a set of Commitments that would give more strategic independence to Openreach. One of these was to create a new company called Openreach Limited – a legally separate,…
Members across the CWU’s Telecoms & Financial Services constituency have granted Andy Kerr a third term as deputy general secretary (T&FS). In a postal ballot conducted by independent scrutineer, Electoral Reform Services, Andy secured the backing 65 per cent of those who cast their vote, compared to the 35 per cent support received by Winston…
