Bell Canada, Union Break Off Contract Talks, Reuters 8 March
Call Bell. Raise Hell! - appeal for solidarity by the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada
Yahoo's coverage of the Bell Canada Strike
NTL Incorporated Announces the Completion of Its Acquisition of Diamond Cable Communications plc, PR Newswire 8 March
Moroccan union eyes 48-hour strike in telecoms sector Reuters 5 March 1999
Europe's IT/telecoms market to grow 8.2 pct in '99, Reuters 5 March
FOCUS-PointCast's Dorman to head AT&T-BT venture, Reuters 4 March
Africans look at post-privatisation telecoms needs, Reuters 2 March 1999
Sri Lanka Telecom trade union to launch strike, Reuters 25 February
SHOT: Shareholders of Telstra - Australian telecom workers protest!
Union chief calls for BT to end contract with "unethical" Critchley Labels CWU, 11 February 1999Industrial action - high-tech style - BBC, 5 February 1999WANTED: Electronic Pickets - CWU,1 February 1999For a full list of Critchley websites, e-mail addresses, fax and phone numbers, click http://www.critchleygroup.com/trading.html
PICKETS OLD - AND NEW - TO HIT CRITCHLEY AS STRIKE REACHES SECOND ANNIVERSARY - CWU 26 January 1999
Western Sahara Update - with updated links for the latest news about the crisis
999 breakdown shows it pays to listen to CWU
- CWU Voice February 1999
Spreading the word at Telewest
Energis telecoms group enters the big league
BBC 22 January
China Telecom expected to split into four firms
Reuters 22 January 1999
Norway's and Sweden's telecom companies announce merger
BBC 20 January 1999
UK Grid to cash in on telecoms fever
Reuters 19 January 1999
Vodafone - Mammoth mobile merger
BBC 18 January 1999
Freeserve rocks UK Net industry, BBC 15 January
Communications Workers and Cisco Systems Announce High-Tech Training Partnership, CWA 12 January 1999
German unions say cut overtime to make jobs , Reuters 12 January 1999UNION GREETS POST OFFICE ACQUISITION AS A COMMITMENT TO EXPANSION AND GROWTH, CWU 11January 1999Telecoms industry in merger mania , BBC 8 January 1999The Critchley Labels Dispute: what is a "techno-strike"?Justice for Jazz Artists -
AFM wins Union recognition at New School, 22 DecemberMinimum wage rally to campaign for a decent living wage on 10 April 1999 - UnisonEmployees at Pacific Bell Wireless Say 'CWA Yes', 18 December
Mandelson's stealth strikes workers' rights - BBC, 18 DecemberBritain outlines key Fairness at Work regulation - Reuters 17 DecemberBT and Ionica - statement by the BT Unions, 16 December
French web surfers' boycott - Reuters, 14 DecemberC&W shares fall as EDS poaches Brown - Reuters,11 December 1998UNION RESPONSE TO MANDELSON'S DECISION TO KEEP POST OFFICE PUBLIC IS MUTED BY CONCERN OVER COMMERCIAL FREEDOM , 7 DecemberUK Phone company 'endangered lives' BBC, 27 NovemberCable & Wireless Communications Failure puts Lives on the Line, says Which? - UK Consumers'Association
Hongkong Telecom staff protest bonus scheme change Reuters, 20 November The Union for Cable Workers
Algeria's telecom staff strike despite court order - Reuters, 16 NovemberC&W in $1.0 bln European drive - Reuters, 16 NovemberBritish Telecommunications plc Second Quarter Results to September 30, 1998, - PR Newswire, 12 NovemberCWA Calls on Candidates, Party Organizations to Reject ABC Interview Requests 3 NovemberCWC - 21st century technology, 18th century working conditions, CWU link, 1 November
Colombia - Request for Urgent Action - Murder of Jorge Ortega, Vice President of the CUT, LabourNet 21 OctoberModel letter to the Colombian Embassy - LabourNet"Union's model for publicly owned Post Office will work" say top economists, 21 October 1998Colombia strike leader killed in surging violence Reuters 20 October
Korean union leader arrested: Police Charge KMWF President with "Conspiring to Obstruct Business through General Strike" LabourStart 19 OctoberArmy intervenes in Colombia strike, BBC 10 October 1998Computer experts reinvent the pen , Reuters 9 OctoberColombia threatens to outlaw public sector strike - Reuters, 8 October
ILO talks to end with call for trade union rights, Reuters, 2 Oct 98BT Offers Internet Access For $.01 A Minute, Reuters, 1 October 1998
'Keep the faith' on Post Office, say delegates to Labour Conference (BBC report, 28 September)
URGENT ACTION: KOREAN TELECOM UNION LEADERS IN PRISON Communications International appeal, September, 1998Thousands rally to denounce HK Tel wage cut plan, Reuters, 21 SeptemberHong Kong Telecom workers to fight pay cut plan, Reuters, 18 SeptemberCall centres - the new assembly lines By Luc Demaret with Pat Quinn and Samuel Grumiau (ICFTU)Call centres "like old factories" - BBC Report from TUC, 16 SeptemberInternet Telephony Could Take 36 Per Cent of Market On Key International Routes by 2003 - Core Revenues and Profits of Telecoms Operators -TOs- at Risk, Business Wire, 16 SeptemberCWA Members Approve New Contract at SNET; Action Ends 26-Day Strike at Connecticut Telephone Company - 17 SeptemberLatest updates on the SNET strike from the Communications Workers of AmericaCWU members accept union recommended BT pay offerTony Young wins CWU Senior Deputy General Secretary Election - 4 September Larry Cohen Elected CWA Executive Vice President - 1 SeptemberCWA Settles Strike at U S West with Pact Guaranteeing Health and Income Security, Limits on Forced Overtime Hours - 31 AugustCWA Members at SNET Strike Over Unfair Pay, Benefits Plan - 23 AugustCWA Charges U S WEST with 'Campaign of Deceit'22 August 1998
BELL ATLANTIC - Una amenaza para los telefónicos por Carmelo Ruiz Marrero, CLARIDAD, 21 de agosto de 1998. Click here for English language translationCWA Blasts US WEST for 'Scare Tactics' and Misinformation-- Strikers are Assured that Family Health Needs Will Be Protected, 20 AugCWA Files Charges Against US WEST 18 August 1998CWA Strikes US West to Preserve Job Standards, Quality Service, and Health Security for Workers' Families - PRNewswire, 16-AUG-98Union workers strike US West over contract dispute - CNN report, 16 August 1998Statement by CWA President Morton Bahr on Strike Settlement at Bell Atlantic - CWA link, 12 August 1998Bell Atlantic workers return after strike a Reuters link, 12 August 1998Bell Atlantic faces major test as strike continues - news from Reuters, 9 August 1998Statement by CWA President Morton Bahr on the Strike at Bell Atlantic - a CWA link, 8 August 1998
Portugal Telecom confident about Brazil link - Reuters News, 4 August 1998
Jordan telecoms firm chief against foreign sale - Reuters 3 August 1998Unions cry foul over Telebras privatisation, Brazil - Reuters news from Infoseek, 29 July 1998Analysis of General Strike in Puerto Rico by Rafael Bernabe - a LabourNet linkNeed info on Bell Atlantic and struggles against the privatisation of telecoms in other countries - Appeal from Puerto Rico - a LabourNet linkAtlantic Alliance of unions welcomes proposed link-up between BT and AT&T - a CWU link, 28 July 1998
BT, AT&T launch $10 bln global tie-up - Reuters link, 26 July 1998BT, AT&T seen announcing joint venture soon - Reuters link, 25 July 1998Puerto Rico: Huelga contra la privatizacion de la telef®nica - a LabourNet link
France Telecom wins Salvador phone bidding - Reuters link, 24 July 1998Communications International protests at arrests of Korean union leaders - a Communications International link, 17 July 1998Colombian government moved to declare Telecom workers' strike illegal - a LabourNet linkDocuments from the Puerto Rican Telephone Strike - a LabourNet linkWiring the Caribbean - a LabourNet linkNew Owners sought for Central American Telephone Companies - a LabourNet linkPuerto Rico Telecomm Strike Picks Up Steam 11 July 1998Communications International and CWU (UK) Declare Solidarity with Puerto Rico StrikersCritchley Strikers Lobby Shareholders - a CWU link, 8 July 1998Army of Activists Organizes 6,000 Into Communications Workers of America - a CWA linkURGENT APPEAL FROM PUERTO RICAN WORKERSNews and Photos from the Puerto Rico Telephone Company StrikeUnions set NYC protest over Puerto Rico telecom sale (link to Reuters report 1 July)Puerto Rico General Strike - statement by Concilio General de Trabajadores (CGT), 30 June 1998Bomb destroys phone unit in Puerto Rico protest (link to Reuters 30 June)Puerto Rico Telephone Privatisation: General strike set for July 7 - with LabourNet links1998 CWU Conference Decisions - Telecom & Financial Services, Engineering and Clerical - a CWU West London linkPUERTO RICO: Protest Greets Phone Company's PrivatisationWestern Sahara Union leader at CWU conference, Blackpool, 3 JuneCWU National Executive election Results -a CWU West London link
Marketing Trade Unions - a Manual by Allen PascoeGrupo Intersindical Iberoamericano de Telefónica new Spanish and Latin American telecom trade union alliance (en español, and English)Ameritech Unions call International Day of Action for 24 June 1998CWU General Secretary Election Results
What are Interest-Based Negotiations? New Zealand trade unionist Allen Pascoe explains what they are and why we should be interested in them.Monopoly and Competition in British Telecommunications by John Harper. The former Director of BT's Inland Division defends the record of publicly owned telecommunications. Reproduced with permission from his recent book.1,500 jobs to go at Cable & Wireless Communication - CWU link, 2 April 1998
The Critchley Solidarity Page
CWU Branches on the Web
Communications International calls for week of Solidarity Protest Flood Critchley with protests week commencing 2 February 1998. Model protest letter and Critchley addresses, e-mail and fax details are included."The Website at Critchley Labels in Croespenmaen, south-east Wales, recently called for an 'electronic picket' of the plant.
"For 24 hours, sister organisations of the British Communications Workers Union around the world jammed the company's faxes, e-mail addresses and Websites to stop the business receiving orders." .......... quoted from the Mail on Sunday 26 July 1998
Photographs from the Critchley Labels Dispute - now with THUMBNAILS for speedy download
El Salvador - Urgent Action - protest at sackings of telephone company union activists (a Communications International link)El Salvador Telephone Company Sacks Union Leaders - an ASTA-ASTTEL appeal (English language)Dirigentes sindicales despedidos en El Salvador - a LabourNet/La Red Obrera link (Spanish language)Teleworkers - time to get organised! (with useful links)LA PRIVATISATION PARTIELLE DE FRANCE TELECOM par Cristophe Aguiton, Solidaires Unitaires Democratiques (SUD)The Partial Privatisation of France Telecom by Cristophe Aguiton, Solidaires Unitaires Democratiques (SUD)Puerto Ricans Stop Work to March Against Telephone Company Privatisation by Jose B Davilas (a LabourNet link)
PARTICIPACION DE TELEFONICA EN LATINOAMERICA por Abel Perea Ballesteros, UGT de EspañaTelefonica's Involvement in Latin America by Abel Perea Ballesteros, UGT (Spanish General Workers Union), 6 September 1997ALIANZAS EN LATINOAMERICA por Abel Perea Ballesteros, UGT de EspañaTelecommunications Alliances in Latin America by Abel Perea Ballesteros, UGT (Spanish General Workers Union) 6 September 1997Critchley Strikers - Register Your Support - Electronic Pickets Required
Mauritius Telecom Workers Oppose Privatisation - background briefing (uploaded 4 June 1997)Trekking in Suffolk's future world - interview with BT Labs' Peter Cochrane by Eddie Barrett and first published in Voice, monthly journal of the CWU, May 1997Communications Workers of America Urge International Disney ProtestCritchley Group on the Slide by Alan Harley. Uploaded 15 May 1997Support the Critchley 31 - background briefing by the CWU. Uploaded 15 May 1997Critchley Workers Need Your Support (March and Rally in Nottingham) Uploaded 12 May 1997Cheers and Tears for Critchley Strikers by Eddie Barrett, first published in published in Voice, monthly journal of the CWU, April 1997Internet Support for Critchley Strikers - April 1997"Striking Critchley Workers Sacked" March and Rally in Newport, Saturday 8 March"BT's Long Awaited Grading Proposals.......".... are still long awaited.... (published in Voice, monthly journal of the CWU, February, 1997 )"Strike at Critchley as Union Is Banned" by Chris Proctor, CWU Communications (published in Trade Union Review February 1997)"Return of the Job Killers" - and we thought we knew the meaning of 'convergence'.... (published in May/June, 1996, Scottish Trade Union Review )"Communications, Computing and Broadcasting" - Digits and Jobs: a severe case of compression (published March/April, 1996, Trade Union News)"Organising on The Internet!" - threats and challenges facing telecommunications workers, and some new(?) organising ideas (published in February/March, 1996, Focus - magazine of the Communications Workers Union )"Wired, Weird and Wonderful - Thomas Paine and the Internet" - some thoughts following an article in WIRED magazine (published in Focus, (CWU) and Scottish Trade Union Review, 1995)
