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Members of two UNI's British affiliates, CWU and Connect, have given their strong endorsement to the agreement on pensions with the British Telecom.

There was a high turnout and 58.9% of Connect's members voted in this ballot, with 84.6% voting to accept the agreement and 15.4% voting to reject.  The turnout has been further strengthened by large numbers of new members joining Connect and exercising their right to vote in recent weeks.  This reflects the great importance of the pensions issue.

The CWU's ballot has also now closed, with CWU members joining in strongly voting to accept.  67% members from the CWU voted to accept, with 33% voting to reject the offer.  The turnout of 40% is high in the context of a postal ballot. 

Connect and the CWU will now jointly sign the agreement on pensions with BT, the terms of which can still be read by following the links on the right hand side of the page, in the members only section of the pensions website. 

Both unions will now be conducting detailed discussions with BT on the implementation of this complex agreement. The changes will apply from April 1 2009.