BT workers vote for strikes
Telecoms workers in the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have voted for industrial action over pay, opening up the possibility of the first BT-wide strike since 1987. Around 40,000 workers were balloted in three separate ballots, covering centrally-employed BT workers, workers at BT’s broadband arm Openreach, and workers at BT-owned mobile provider EE. The BT ballot returned a 91.5% majority for action on a 58.2% turnout, and the Openreach ballot, the largest of the three with nearly 30,000 workers, returned a 95.8% majority on a 74.8% turnout. The EE ballot returned a 95.5% majority for...