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  1. Telewest reassures staff no more jobs face axe. Journal, 28/03/03
  2. Telewest to pay restructurers £22m. Accountancy Age, 28/03/03
  3. Orange seals deal with rivals. Ananova, 28/03/03
  4. Countdown to May Recognition Vote at Telewest. CWU, 28/03/03
  5. Unions in T-Mobile agree process for voluntary recognition in Operations Directorate. CWU & Connect - Unions in T-Mobile
  6. Telewest posts £2.2bn loss. Guardian, 28/03/03
  7. Make firms pay for pensions crisis, says TUC. Guardian, 28/03/03
  8. Telewest claims 300,000 broadband punters.... The Register, 27/03/03
  9. Cable & Wireless settles £1.5bn dispute with Revenue. Daily Telegraph, 26/03/03
  10. BT Pay - Union Recommends 3.8%. CWU, 25/03/03
  11. Telewest in 2Mb broadband 'give-away'. Europemedia, 25/03/03
  12. Cable: John Malone makes homecoming plans. Guardian, 25/03/03
  13. NTL goes cool on Telewest tie-up. Independent, 24/03/03
  14. Vodafone in talks over £400m Caudwell deal. Independent, 24/03/03
  15. France Telecom asks for 15bn euros. BBC, 24/03/03
  16. Play the game, C&W boss urged. Mail on Sunday, 23/03/03
  17. Protests over BT plan to open call centres in India. Ananova, 20/03/03
  18. UNI unions oppose jobs slash at France Telecom. UNI, 20/03/03
  19. BT claims union is 'distorting' truth over India plan. Scotsman, 20/03/03
  20. UNI Unions Oppose Jobs Slash at France Telecom. CWU, 20/03/03
  21. UNI supports CWU (UK) protest day over BT's proposed Remote Resourcing. UNI, 19/03/03
  22. Union to Demonstrate Against BT 'Jobs To India' Plans on 20 March. CWU, 19/03/03
  23. Employers are not meeting the costs of workplace injuries and illness. TUC, 18/03/03
  24. Canada: TWU says "High Quality Service is Our Bread & Butter". UNI, 17/03/03
  25. young workers need a minimum wage. TUC, 14/03/03
  26. BT engineers in strike vote. Ananova, 11/03/03
  27. Remote Sourcing - Day of Protest. CWU, 11/03/03
  28. Huge loss for Deutsche Telekom. Ananova, 10/03/03
  29. Telekom may top loss league. BBC, 09/03/03
  30. Protest at BT plan for Indian call centres. Ananova, 07/03/03
  31. Orange boosts earnings by 51%. Ananova, 05/03/03
  32. South Africa: Telkom Listing. COSATU - Congress of South African Trade Unions, 04/03/03
  33. 700,000 people are not coming back to BT. Independent
  34. 3G goes live in the UK. BBC, 03/03/03
  35. Why the future depends on these phones. Sunday Herald, 03/03/03
  36. Solomon Trujillo - Puppet or pioneer? Orange's CEO takes the podium. Yahoo, 28/02/03
  37. Vodafone plans 3G spoiler. Guardian, 28/02/03
  38. BT to stretch ADSL wires. IT Week, 28/02/03
  39. Union plea for rights rejected. Guardian, 28/02/03
  40. Union fury at strike rights review. Guardian, 27/02/03
  41. some advances but major disappointments in employment rights white paper. TUC
  42. Colt Telecom writes off £551m. Scotsman, 27/02/03
  43. BT begins trial of extended-reach ADSL. PCpro, 27/02/03
  44. TUC statement on Iraq - 26 Feb 2003. TUC
  45. USAF Fairford Peace Camp. National Demo - 22nd March 2003. CWU
  46. C&W faces class action suit by US, UK investors. The Feature, 25/02/03
  47. Unions urged to flex their investor muscle. Guardian, 24/02/03
  48. Trade unions must use their shareholder power to make companies more socially responsible. TUC, 24/02/03
  49. Licenciements à Orange Suisse -UNI proteste. UNI
  50. Billy Hayes: Unite Against Racism. CWU
  51. UNI supports affiliates STPT & SINDETELCO over changes at Portugal Telecom. UNI
  52. Union Lines Up Against BT (and The Sun!) in India Jobs Campaign. CWU, 21/02/03
  53. Broadband growth hits telecoms giants. BBC, 21/02/03
  54. UK firms face pension 'black hole'. BBC, 21/02/03
  55. Please relieve me, let me go: TUC campaigns for respect for workers' right to go. TUC, 21/02/03
  56. 3G trends - the coming of a price war. 3G Newsroom, 20/02/03
  57. BT plays down pension concerns. Scotsman, 20/02/03
  58. BT boss bets on broadband. BBC, 20/02/03
  59. BT Pay Offer Rejected. CWU, 20/02/03
  60. Union Anger at BT Threat to Send Jobs Abroad. CWU, 18/02/03
  61. BT threatened with strike action. BBC, 18/02/03
  62. Telstra to slash more jobs at NDC. Sydney Morning Herald, 18/02/03
  63. Vodafone: Six charged over Mannesmann bonus. BBC, 17/02/03
  64. IG Metall union says head Zwickel has nothing to fear from Mannesmann charges. iii, 17/02/03
  65. Going gets tougher but union recognition still rising. TUC, 16/02/03
  66. More bosses 'are backing unions'. BBC, 16/02/03
  67. BT plans return to consumer mobile phone market with T-Mobile - report. iii, 16/02/03
  68. C&W prepares complaint against PCCW - report. iii, 16/02/03
  69. Departing Orange Executives Won't Consider Running C&W, FT Says. Bloomberg, 15/02/03
  70. France Telecom sheds 7,500 staff. BBC, 14/02/03
  71. Justice at Last for Solectron Workers. CWU, 14/02/03
  72. Don't Outsource Jobs to India, CWU Tells BT as Profits Rise by 37 Per Cent. CWU, 13/02/03
  73. BT pushes up profits 37%. Ananova, 13/02/03
  74. Unions hail end to two tier workforce. TUC,13/02/03
  75. SOLOMON TRUJILLO APPOINTED CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF ORANGE. Orange,13/02/03
  76. Britain is a nation of text maniacs, says Government. Ananova, 12/02/03
  77. Nokia to lay off 550 staff. Ananova, 12/02/03
  78. Deutsche Telekom wields axe. news.com.au, 12/02/03
  79. Thus on track to break even. Ananova, 10/02/03
  80. Edinburgh tops league of high-speed hot spots. Telewest, 10/02/03
  81. NTL barraged with broadband complaints. Guardian, 11/02/03
  82. MPs plan communications bill rebellion. Guardian, 11/02/03
  83. Deutsche Telekom to cut 3,000 jobs in administration - report. iii, 11/02/03
  84. PCCW abandons bid for C&W after Hong Kong investors revolt. Independent, 11/02/03
  85. Hong Kong firm ditches C&W plans. BBC, 10/02/03
  86. The great 3G gamble. Guardian, 10/02/03
  87. C&W suitor PCCW abandons courtship. Reuters/Yahoo, 10/02/03
  88. Hong Kong firm denies further C&W bid. BBC, 10/02/03
  89. PCCW and Texas Pacific to make fresh £2.4bn approach to Cable & Wireless. Independent, 10/02/03
  90. Telewest Touts Edinburgh's Broadband. ISP Review, 10/02/03
  91. C&W to close down US operations. Telegraph, 10/02/03
  92. Hong Kong firm denies C&W interest. Ananova, 06/02/03
  93. TUC praises interest rate decision. TUC, 06/02/03
  94. Unions have the solution to close UK skills gap. TUC, 05/02/03
  95. Leighton & Sawyer Call on CWU to Restart Partnership Talks. CWU, 05/02/03
  96. Vodafone considers Japanese sale. Ananova, 05/02/03
  97. Customer numbers grow at mmO2. Ananova, 04/02/03
  98. Telewest enjoys public sector boost. VNUnet
  99. UNI's letter to European Commissioner Erkki Likanen on Broadband Day. UNI, 03/02/03
  100. Two-thirds of workers 'on less than average pay'. Guardian, 03/02/03
  101. 'Take every possible step to achieve the legitimate end of disarming Iraq without recourse to war' say UK and US unions. TUC, 30/01/03
  102. Fund managers must tell pension fund trustees how they vote. TUC, 30/01/03
  103. Ericsson and Sony to invest £198m in mobile venture. Ananova, 29/01/03
  104. Orange increases customer base. Ananova, 29/01/03
  105. UNI Telecom's presentation to the European Parliament Committee Public Hearing - Brussels. UNI, 28/01/03
  106. Kingston shares slump on warning. Ananova, 28/01/03
  107. Tesco takes the battle to BT for home phone users. Independent, 28/01/03
  108. CWU Recognition Campaign in Telewest. CWU, 27/01/03
  109. Tesco moves into telecoms market - deal with Cable & Wireless. Ananova, 27/01/03
  110. Bill Allan takes the lead in C&W race. Scotsman, 27/01/03
  111. Mobile phone O2 and Orange firms join for picture-making deal. Ananova, 27/01/03
  112. Vodafone grows customer base. Ananova, 27/01/03
  113. Vodafone calling the shots. Scotsman, 27/01/03
  114. £100bn hole blown in company pension funds. Herald, 27/01/03
  115. Big business clashes with unions. BBC, 27/01/03
  116. C&W considers former boss of WorldCom as next CEO. Observer, 26/01/03
  117. C&W reaffirms growth forecasts. Ananova, 24/01/03
  118. Telewest's response to the Competition Commission's ruling on mobile interconnect rates. Telewest, 24/01/03
  119. TUC Academy begins to turn union membership tide. TUC, 24/01/03
  120. Swisscom Redundancies - Letter to Swisscom CEO. UNI, 24/01/03
  121. Woman ends 135 years of male domination at TUC. Guardian, 23/01/03
  122. Head of new watchdog named. Ananova, 21/01/03
  123. Cable & Wireless boss to quit. Ananova, 21/01/03
  124. Orange: Join the CWU or You Won't Have a Leg to Stand On!. CWU, 17/01/03
  125. Equal Opps Commission to Investigate Royal Mail. CWU, 17/01/03
  126. CWA Mourns Kjeston Michelle Rodgers, GE Striker Killed on Picket Line. UNI, 16/01/03
  127. Telewest Communications plc confirms agreement on amended bank facilities and continues restructuring talks. Telewest, 15/01/03
  128. Telewest gets funding lifeline. Ananova, 15/01/03
  129. CWU 16 January Forum to Focus on Telewest. CWU
  130. NTL slices 20% off income target. Guardian, 14/01/03
  131. NTL slashes profit and sales outlook. Scotsman, 14/01/03
  132. Worst drop in decade wipes £875bn off pension funds. Independent, 14/01/03
  133. Canada: Telus – a ticking time bomb?. UNI, 13/01/03
  134. Lapthorne faces pressure to sack C&W's Wallace. Daily Telegraph, 13/01/03
  135. £2.5m deal for new C&W. This is London, 12/01/03
  136. Investors put brake on pay-off for C&W boss. Observer 12/01/03
  137. High price of C&W. Guardian, 11/01/03
  138. Cable & Wireless appoints new chairman. Ananova, 10/01/03
  139. New information chief must protect workers from snooping bosses. TUC, 09/01/03
  140. Pensions: Putting Paid to Poverty. CWU, 08/01/03
  141. Indonesia - Dispute over sale of telecom assets. UNI - Union Network International
  142. NTL on brink of ending its bankruptcy banishment. Independent on Sunday, 05/01/03
  143. Vodafone says no plan for Verizon stake sale. Reuters, 05/01/03
  144. Vodafone plans $20bn sell-off to fund bid for US competitor. Independent on Sunday, 05/01/03
  145. Cable & Wireless: Bill Allan is that rare thing in the telecoms industry: a consistent performer.. Independent on Sunday, 05/01/03
  146. Bridging the 3G gap. Independent on Sunday, 05/01/03
  147. Mail faces last post, warns DTI. Independent on Sunday, 05/01/03
  148. Terms of competition still favour Royal Mail. Scotland on Sunday, 05/01/03
  149. What Marx can tell us about Bill Gates. Observer, 05/01/03
  150. Telecom has seen 'the perfect storm' - has the worst subsided?. Canadian Press, 04/01/03
  151. Postal strikers turn over new leaf. Guardian, 04/01/03
  152. Former Mercury CEO Duncan Lewis rules himself out of C&W chairmanship - report. iii, 03/01/03
  153. Duncan Lewis in frame to head C&W. Times, 02/01/03
  154. NTL sued by banking adviser. BBC, 02/01/03
  155. Global Crossing names new chiefs. BBC, 01/01/03
  156. Pensions key issue for TUC in 2003. TUC
  157. C&W to fight US investors' lawsuit. Guardian

  158. Telecom: Failure of the WTO's Poster Child - An analysis by Sid Shniad, Research Director, Telecommunications Workers Union, Vancouver, British Columbia. April 2002
  159. Marketing Trade Unions - a Manual by Allen Pascoe
  160. What are Interest-Based Negotiations? New Zealand trade unionist Allen Pascoe explains what they are and why we should be interested in them.
  161. 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.
  162. "Return of the Job Killers" - and we thought we knew the meaning of 'convergence'.... (published in May/June, 1996, Scottish Trade Union Review )
  163. "Communications, Computing and Broadcasting" - Digits and Jobs: a severe case of compression (published March/April, 1996, Trade Union News)
  164. "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 )
  165. "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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