Support CWU BT picket Lines 29 July and 1 August

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Over 40,000 BT Group workers will hold a two-day national strike against real-terms pay cuts, with senior management accused by CWU general secretary Dave Ward as having “stuck two fingers up” to key workers…

The announcement followed a strike ballot, in which Openreach engineers voted for action by 95.8 per cent and members in BT returned a 91.5 per cent majority for the walkout. The dispute centres on workers opposing the imposition by the business of a far-below-inflation, flat-rate, £1,500pa pay settlement on employees, which is a dramatic real-terms pay cut when compared to RPI inflation levels of over 11 per cent.

It is also in the context of BT making £1.3 billion in annual profit, with CEO Philip Jansen gaining a £3.5 million pay package – a 32 per cent wage increase – while the Big Issue and the BBC have reported instances of BT offices establishing food banks to assist employees.

Please see below for a list of picket lines. Please lend your solidarity and support to the branches on strike by attending the picket lines where possible and sending messages of solidarity.

Picket lines Friday 29^th July 2022 & Monday 1^st August 2022.

Central Counties and Thames Valley: sec@cwu-cctv.org gurjit.dhillon@cwu-cctv.org

Flitwick	31 Dunstable Road Flitwick Bedford	MK45 1HP
Leagrave	177 Waller Ave Luton	LU4 9RR
Luton	Dunstable Place Luton	LU1 2QD
Abingdon	Stratton Way Abingdon Oxon	OX14 3RG
Banbury	Castle Street Banbury Oxon	OX16 5PE
Dunstable	Manchester Place Dunstable Beds	LU6 1HT
Stevenage	Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts	SG1 1LY
High Wycombe	Easton Street High Wycombe Bucks	HP11 1NR
Reading Central	41 Minster Street, Reading, Berks	RG1 2JB
Slough	100 Wellington Street, Slough ,Berkshire	SL1 1YW
Maidenhead	West Street, Maidenhead, Berks	SL6 1RG
Bracknell ATE	Market Street, Bracknell	RG12 1JG
Bleak Hall TEC	Chesney Wold, Bleak Hall, Milton Keynes	MK6 1NE
Reading TEC	Bennet Road, Reading,	RG2 0QA
Oxford TEC	Woodstock Road, Oxford	OX2 8JP
Bedford ATE	Harpur Street, Bedford	MK40 1BA