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CWU members in O2 have voted overwhelming to endorse the best negotiated pay settlement since the mobile company was split from BT. This is an historic pay settlement which for the first time ensures that all employees above the base performance level will receive an inflation related pay increase. This is a real achievement and an important gain in our fight to ensure that members are treated fairly.

The union has secured significant movement from O2 in both their attitude toward market rate pay and performance related pay. This deal invests in the workforce by delivering across the board pay increases of at least the rate of inflation. This is great news for O2 workers and provides a platform from which to achieve further improvements.

The deal, which was accepted by 81 per cent of respondents in the ballot, guarantees a minimum of inflation-matching rises for all staff. The breakdown is as follows:

• Customer service advisors and admin grades: 4.1 per cent consolidated rise;
  
• Retail: all workers below minimum pay level (£12,000) to be brought up to that, plus performance-related consolidated pay increases of up to 6 per cent;
  
• Technical specialists: all workers below minimum pay level (£19,834) to be brought up to that, plus performance-related consolidated pay increases of up to 6 per cent;
  
• Technical and engineering: consolidated increase of between 4.1 and 6 per cent;
  
• NewGrid contracts: all workers below the minimum pay level (£14,632) to be brought up to that, plus 4.1 per cent consolidated pay increases.