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BT union announces 48-hour strike action in protest over pay

BT said this equated to between a 5-8 percent rise for the lowest paid staff and was the highest award in decades, at a time when it is investing heavily in building next-generation networks.

The union pointed to the 32 percent annual pay increase for BT CEO Philip Jansen that took his package to £3.2 million, and the £1.3 billion profit the company booked in the fiscal year ended 31 March. It also highlighted the UK's spike inWith negotiations between the parties at a stalemate, thefor industrial action in June and 26,000 BT workers - 21,000 Openreach engineers and 4,000 call center operators - voted in favor.

The first strikes took place on 29 July and 1 August, and in the period since, the union has tried to raise the pressure on BT management to reopen pay negotiations, something the company has steadfastly refused to do. The CWU said the first strikes should act as a

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