Workers Revolutionary Party
BT workers demonstrating over pay â they now face a battle to defend jobs
THE DEVASTATING ramifications for BT employees of the brutal new management approach sweeping across BT is not just illustrated by the scores of compulsory redundancies that have already reached their sad conclusions. Dozens more are currently underway.
An even starker illustration of the depths to which BT has plumbed is revealed in the way in which potential redeployment options are now being actively thwarted.
Key safeguards negotiated by the CWU included Pay and Pension Protection (PPP) for redeployees directed into lower graded roles in situations where no opportunities for sideways shifts existed are being ignored.