VOICE AND e-VOICE

Voice, the union’s flagship member’s magazine is in the process of being distributed to members.  For the first time the magazine is now available in digital electronic format in addition to the usual printed version. 

The e-Voice will be email broadcast direct to members where we have existing email addresses.  In addition the magazine will be available in digital format on the union’s website, cwu.org 

It is our intention to make every edition of Voice available in both formats and in the longer term to provide choice for CWU members to determine in which format they want their magazine delivered.   Obviously, the introduction of the digital version is a further modernization of the union’s communications and a further extension of our portfolio of communication tools aimed at maximizing our messages to the widest possible audience.  

Below is a live link to e-Voice. 

Telecoms Live Book -

http://europe.nxtbook.com/nxteu/centuryone/telecoms_20100607/

This is not how the email broadcast will work in practice but is submitted in advance to ensure branches have direct copies.  The live emails to members will show the front cover of Voice.  The records department has submitted email addresses and these should be industry based.   The emails are not sent direct from CWUHQ because of difficulties that may cause with our server.  

This first version is obviously the first full live testing and there will inevitably be some teething problems.  The digital format used is at the front end of available technology and this edition should be seen as a live test run. 

The magazine will load and then open the link with the full magazine from the front page.  Page turning is carried out by clicking or dragging the corners of pages, a zoom and read facility is highlighted on page but can be shortcut by simply clicking on the page.  This works for zoom in and out.  Videos clearly have a start button and pictures include some slideshows that are generated automatically.

It is our intention to continue to improve our communications, modernize our portfolio and engage with an increasing number of members through widening access points to our communications.  e-Voice is a key step in achieving those goals.

BT Pay Ballot Timetable

The consultative ballot on BT’s final pay offer for NewGRID Team Members will open on 22nd July 2010 and will close following first post on 5th August 2010. 

Ballot papers will be dispatched first class from 21st July, and members will have the option of voting online or by post.

If the offer is accepted, it will be implemented in August salaries.

BT Pay 2010 - Final Offer

Following the Branch Forum yesterday on the BT Pay Review 2010, the TFS Executive have met and agreed to recommend BT's final offer to members. BT's final offer for pay increases for all Team Member NewGRID grades is as follows:

A 3% consolidated and fully pensionable increase to base pay which will flow through to pay-related allowances, including the pay and pension supplement, backdated to 1 January 2010, for all employees in post at the point of implementation which we expect to be August 2010.

A 3% consolidated and fully pensionable increase to base pay which will flow through to pay-related allowances, including the pay and pension supplement, from 1 January 2011.

A 3% consolidated and fully pensionable increase to base pay which will flow through to pay-related allowances, including the pay and pension supplement, from 1 January 2012. For this part of the review only should the November 2011 RPI (published in December 2011) be above 3.2% or below 2.5% then both sides agree to meet and to discuss the impact of this and seek to agree an optimum position. Both parties agree to enter into these discussions to seek to ensure that the impact of a volatile RPI is mitigated, both for the business and employees. Following the above measures the next Pay Review date will be 1 April 2013.

The offer is fully consolidated and pensionable and it provides a 9.3% increase to basic pay over three years.

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