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BT have announced the loss of 10 000 jobs to go by the end of March 2009.   This announcement has dominated the news this morning.

Communication Workers Union has reacted to the news, strongly opposing any compulsory redundancies.   Andy Kerr, the Unions Deputy General Secretary Telecom and Financial services has reacted to the news swiftly, conducting interviews on BBC radio 4 and 5, BBC News 24 and Sky News as well as independent radio news and regional BBC stations. 

He has called on Ian Livingstone, BT’s chief executive, to uphold his statement assuring there will be no compulsory redundancies. 

 

Andy Kerr said: “Ten thousand jobs is a huge number and it will be difficult for BT to shed that amount in one year. We’ll be holding BT to their statement, made by Ian Livingstone this morning, that there will be no compulsion to meet these cuts. The CWU will oppose any compulsory redundancies by whatever means necessary. We have a meeting set up with BT to discuss the detail of how these reductions will be implemented. We’ll be emphasising voluntary redundancies and natural wastage, but this is clearly far from an ideal situation for BT employees.”