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  1. 20 new recruits as TUC Organising Academy notches up fifth year. TUC, 30/09/02
  2. MobilCom cuts 1,850 jobs. Ananovoa, 27/09/02
  3. Colt Telecom to cut 800 jobs. Ananovoa, 27/09/02
  4. First WorldCom executive pleads guilty to falsifying records. Ananovoa, 26/09/02
  5. More Redundancies at Solectron. CWU, 26/09/02
  6. John Monks and Ken Livingstone urge workers to join trade unions. TUC, 20/09/02
  7. Union Success at T-Mobile (UK). Union Network International - UNI, 19/09/02
    Why Unions in T-Mobile supported Al Sagar
  8. More job cuts on way Cable & Wireless tells workforce. Wireless Week, 20/09/02
    CWU backs Cable & Wireless employees
  9. BT's £1m-a-day broadband plug , PLUS, Conduit sues BT. Guardian, 20/09/02
  10. BT launches £33m advertising blitz to boost numbers of high-speed Net users. Independent, 20/09/02
  11. WorldCom Scam Could Total $9B. AP/Milwaukee Journal, 20/09/02
  12. Alcatel to accelerate job cuts. BBC, 20/09/02
  13. Deutsche Telekom cuts 1,880 Hungarian jobs. Ananova, 19/09/02
  14. Two-way race for BT's Cegetel stake. BBC, 19/09/02
  15. Cable & Wireless: Graham Wallace puts his job on the line with Global profits promise. Independent, 19/09/02
  16. Cable & Wireless warns on profits. Guardian, 19/09/02
  17. BT Says It's in Talks With Vivendi, Vodafone on Cegetel Stake. Bloomberg, 19/09/02
  18. BT to launch broadband campaign. BBC, 19/09/02
  19. BT plans 'UK's most intensive advertising campaign' for broadband. Ananova, 19/09/02
  20. 1,600 MobilCom jobs threatened. Guardian, 19/09/02
  21. WorldCom May Revise Financial Results by $2 Billion. Bloomberg, 19/09/02
  22. BT 'should be broken up'. BBC, 18/09/02
  23. Cable & Wireless: Union responds to Fears of Redundancy. CWU, 18/09/02
  24. Vodafone Must Signal Strong UK Commitment. CWU, 18/09/02
  25. Cable & Wireless in jobs warning, BBC, 18/09/02
  26. Animal instincts displayed over C&W, Guardian, 18/09/02
  27. Cable & Wireless warns of falling first-half revenues and job cuts, Ananova, 18/09/02
  28. Cable & Wireless plc pre-close Trading Update. Cable and Wireless plc today (18 September 2002) issued its regular pre-close Group trading update ahead of its six-month period end (30 September 2002). The Group's half-year results will be announced on 13 November 2002. Cable & Wireless, 18/09/02
  29. Vodafone chiefs' threat to quit UK, Scotsman, 17/09/02
  30. Worldcom cuts 750 jobs in , Guardian, 17/09/02
  31. Telecom giant Alcatel sheds Scots jobs, BBC, 17/09/02
  32. China: Unicom flotation kicks off, BBC, 17/09/02
  33. WorldCom cuts jobs at global offices, BBC, 16/09/02
  34. WorldCom to cut 2,000 jobs, Ananova, 16/09/02
  35. MacLaurin hits Vodafone's critics for six, Independent, 16/09/02
  36. Mobilcom wins government lifeline, BBC, 16/09/02
  37. City of London is not a 'no-go area' for trade unions, TUC, 16/09/02
  38. Inflated aims but no direction: C&W's grand plan is pricked, Independent, 15/09/02
  39. BT outlines broadband ambitions, BBC, 13/09/02
  40. TUC welcomes Government's £10m crackdown on scrooge bosses, TUC, 13/09/02
  41. Bon resigns as France Telecom posts record loss, Ananova, 13/09/02
  42. Colt plans new round of telecom job cuts, Guardian,12/09/02
  43. BSkyB and Telewest conclude four-year agreement for basic channels carriage, Telewest, 11/09/02
  44. Oftel proposes substantial cuts in BT's broadband charges, Ananova, 10/09/02
  45. EC to allow cost-sharing among mobile companies, Ananova, 10/09/02
  46. CBI/Mercer survey confirms pensions crisis. TUC, 09/09/02
  47. BT in fresh broadband row. BBC, 09/09/02
  48. Monks: UK Plc is a disgrace. Observer, 08/09/02
  49. Trouble at Millbank: Interview with TUC's John Monks. Observer, 08/09/02
  50. John Monks warns that progress for pensioners has come to full stop. TUC, 08/09/02
  51. TUC: stakeholder pensions are £3000 a year short of decent pension. TUC, 08/09/02
  52. TUC: final salary replacement schemes won't provide decent pensions. TUC, 08/09/02
  53. TUC's Union Trends: Union membership gets you so much more. TUC, 07/09/02
  54. The Number, subsidiary of US firm Infonxx, creates 700 call centre jobs in Cardiff. Ananova, 05/09/02
  55. Bank may need to cut rate next month, says TUC. TUC, 05/09/02
  56. Telewest: CWU Condemns Redundancy Speculation. CWU, 05/09/02
  57. Telewest denies 'imminent' job cuts. Ananova, 04/09/02
  58. WorldCom boss denies fraud. BBC, 04/09/02
  59. Vote for Alistair Sagar - the union candidate for T-Mobile election. CWU and Connect (needs Adobe Acrobat). Click here for text in HTML format
  60. Vodafone takes over Vizzavi for £90m. Ananvova, 30/08/02
  61. Marconi agrees refinancing deal. BBC, 29/08/02
  62. Former WorldCom chief financial officer is indicted. Ananvova, 28/08/02
  63. Nortel Networks cuts a further 7,000 jobs. Ananvova, 28/08/02
  64. 850,000 workers lose out on holidays, while another 400,000 are cheated. TUC, 23/08/02
  65. UK trails in time-off league. Ananvova, 23/08/02
  66. Telewest COO steps up to be finance director. Ananvova, 23/08/02
  67. Mark Luiz appointed group finance director. Telewest, 23/08/02
  68. Telewest Communications plc obtains bank waiver. Telewest, 22/08/02
  69. BT sees no let up in broadband demand. Ananvova, 21/08/02
  70. AOL Time Warner buys AT&T's stake in joint venture for £5.9bn. Ananvova, 21/08/02
  71. Siemens cuts a further 1,300 jobs. Ananvova, 21/08/02
  72. Deutsche Telekom interim losses increase tenfold. Ananvova, 21/08/02
  73. Childcare shortage 'stopping women returning to work'. Ananvova, 19/08/02
  74. New LRD guide to rehabilitation at work. LRD, 16/08/02
  75. Take the heat off workers, firms urged. Ananvova, 15/08/02
  76. The typical trade unionist and what she is seeking. Guardian, 12/08/02
  77. Mobile firms blamed for 3G licence debts. Guardian, 12/08/02
  78. Mobile technology: Spercial Report. Guardian, 12/08/02
  79. TUC calls for minimum wage of £5.30. Guardian, 12/08/02
  80. 3G phones launch going to plan - Vodafone. Ananova, 09/08/02
  81. WorldCom restatement tops more than $7 billion. Ananova, 09/08/02
  82. WorldCom's accounting fraud 'grows by at least $2bn'. Ananova, 09/08/02
  83. WorldCom reveals new $3.3bn error. BBC, 09/08/02
  84. Global Crossing seals revival deal. BBC, 09/08/02
  85. 1,000 more jobs go at Marconi. BBC, 09/08/02
  86. Govt figures say 'Burn-out Britain' persists. TUC, 08/08/02
  87. TUC comment on CBI survey on temporary agency work. TUC, 08/08/02
  88. Nokia to cut 900 jobs. Ananova, 07/08/02
  89. WorldCom denies reports that European sales are down 50%. Ananova, 06/08/02
  90. regulation taskforce missed a trick, says TUC, but Govt response is welcome. TUC, 06/08/02
  91. manufacturing recovery falters. TUC, 06/08/02
  92. £1.25bn science strategy needs regions to deliver, warns TUC/Work Foundation report. TUC, 05/08/02
  93. Derry postal workers defy loyalist death threat. Irish Times, 05/08/02
  94. Vodafone under criminal investigation after rugby streak. Ananova, 05/08/02
  95. Survey says UK executives enjoy pay bonanza. Ananova, 02/08/02
  96. Siemens to cut a further 5,000 jobs - report. Ananova, 02/08/02
  97. Japanese 3G profits decline. BBC, 02/08/02
  98. RoMEC: Union Threatens to Bring Postal Service to a Halt Over Joint Venture Threat. CWU, 02/08/02
  99. Scoot.com changes name to Timeload. Ananova
  100. Telewest's new chief plans shake-up. Guardian, 02/08/02
  101. TUC response on executive pay. TUC, 02/08/02
  102. Another year of executive excess. LRD, 02/08/02
  103. Telewest Interim Results. Telewest, 01/08/02
  104. No beating about the bush as Telewest's Singer gets bullet. Independent, 01/08/02
  105. Scoot.com changes name to Timeload. Ananova, 01/08/02
  106. WorldCom executives arrested. BBC, 01/08/02
  107. Disgraced WorldCom executives face federal charges. Ananova, 01/08/02
  108. Telewest cuts losses but loses boss. Ananova, 01/08/02
  109. Telewest Communications chief executive resigns. Ananova, 31/07/02
  110. Vodafone vote is just the beginning, says TUC. TUC, 31/07/02
  111. Vodafone chief's pay package approved. Ananova, 31/07/02
  112. Vodafone adds 2.7m customers. Ananova, 29/07/02
  113. Union Threatens Strike Over A&L Credit Card Jobs. CWU, 26/07/02
  114. Kingston profits from telecoms turmoil. Ananova, 26/07/02
  115. Kingston Communications boosts earnings. Ananova, 26/07/02
  116. Orange boosts turnover. Ananova, 25/07/02
  117. BT trims debts and increases its profits. Ananova, 25/07/02
  118. Charges 'likely' over mobile phone takeover. Ananova, 25/07/02
  119. New guidance for workers facing a transfer. LRD, 24/07/02
  120. Colt Telecom's core profits rise but one-off costs lead to loss. Ananova, 24/07/02
  121. Lucent cuts 7,000 jobs as losses grow. Ananova, 24/07/02
  122. Freeserve founder takes over at Energis. Ananova, 23/07/02
  123. WorldCom expects to stay intact while bankrupt. Ananova, 22/07/02
  124. 'Business as usual' as WorldCom files biggest ever bankruptcy. Ananova, 22/07/02
  125. WorldCom set to file for bankruptcy. Ananova, 22/07/02
  126. TUC rallies investors for vote on Vodafone top pay. TUC, 20/07/02
  127. More job cuts at Ericsson. Ananova, 19/07/02
  128. Telewest Board Changes. Telewest, 18/07/02
  129. Oftel orders BT to cut cost of wholesale unmetered access. Ananova, 18/07/02
  130. MmO2 adds 292,000 new customers. Ananova, 18/07/02
  131. UNION Reveals 6,000 have Called Harassment Hotline as Report is Issued on Tragic Suicide. CWU, 17/08/02
  132. Oftel rejects BT break-up calls. Ananova, 17/08/02
  133. Deutsche Telekom's Sommer resigns. Ananova, 16/07/02
  134. Chelys snaps up Energis' UK operations. Ananova, 16/07/02
  135. Energis shares suspended. Ananova, 16/07/02
  136. Ex-Asda boss 'to head Energis group' . Ananova, 14/07/02
  137. Cable & Wireless eyes further cost cuts. Ananova, 12/07/02
  138. Former WorldCom CEO was 'aware of fraud'. Ananova, 12/07/02
  139. Deadline passes for Global Crossing bids. Ananova, 12/07/02
  140. Former ITV Digital executive heads up Orange marketing. Ananova, 12/07/02
  141. Minister says violence threatens call centre jobs. Ananova, 10/07/02
  142. WorldCom chiefs refuse to testify. BBC, 08/07/02
  143. Profile: WorldCom's John Sidgmore. BBC, 08/07/02
  144. Two WorldCom executives take the Fifth Amendment. Ananova, 08/07/02
  145. TUC calls for an extra £375m for Regional Development Agencies from spending review. TUC, 08/07/02
  146. Virgin Mobile's quarterly connections up 19%. Ananova, 08/07/02
  147. EU hints at new action on broadband deregulation.
  148. Chinese province to receive wireless web access. Ananova
  149. Hopeful WorldCom bidder offers customers back-up service. Ananova, 05/07/02
  150. Millionaire John Caudwell of Phones4U dubbed a green belt bully. Guardian,Thursday July 4, 2002
  151. NTT DoCoMo to launch third communications satellite. Ananova, 04/07/02
  152. Telewest agrees to talks over refinancing. Ananova, 04/07/02
  153. TELEWEST'S letter to shareholders re Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty). Telewest, 04/07/02
  154. WorldCom CEO blames former execs for accounting irregularities. Ananova, 03/07/02
  155. Telewest says BT pulls a fast . Telewest, 03/07/02
  156. Meet the UK's new Ecommerce Minister Stephen Timms. silicon.com, 03/07/02
  157. Has WorldCom answered all questions?. Ananova, 02/07/02
  158. Orange takes over controlling stake in Egyptian operator. Ananova, 02/07/02
  159. Japan targets mobile phone spammers. Ananova, 02/07/02
  160. manufacturing recession halts union growth. TUC, 02/0702
  161. Time for 'Offence Not Defence' says US CWA Union Leader Larry Cohen. CWU
  162. CWU General Secretary, Billy Hayes' speech to General Conference. CWU
  163. French Government looks at renationalising France Telecom. UNI, 01/07/02
  164. Grabiner bid too low for Energis. Guardian, 01/07/02

  165. Telecom: Failure of the WTO's Poster Child - An analysis by Sid Shniad, Research Director, Telecommunications Workers Union, Vancouver, British Columbia. April 2002
  166. Marketing Trade Unions - a Manual by Allen Pascoe
  167. What are Interest-Based Negotiations? New Zealand trade unionist Allen Pascoe explains what they are and why we should be interested in them.
  168. 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.
  169. "Return of the Job Killers" - and we thought we knew the meaning of 'convergence'.... (published in May/June, 1996, Scottish Trade Union Review )
  170. "Communications, Computing and Broadcasting" - Digits and Jobs: a severe case of compression (published March/April, 1996, Trade Union News)
  171. "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 )
  172. "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)
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