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1. Virgin Mobile unveils £1bn flotation. Times, 30/06/04
   
2. UNI Telecom President Larry Cohen tells World Bank conference that outsourcing is a threat to sustainable development. UNI, 30/06/04
   
3. Zimbabwe : Tel-One workers return back to work until court ruling is made. UNI, 30/06/04
   
4. Kenya : UNI writes to Telkom Kenya regarding retrenchments. UNI, 30/06/04
   
5. 1st Meeting of the Deutsche Telekom European Works Council - EBR ist Wirklichkeit Vereinbarung über die Bildung des Europäischen Betriebsrats (EBR) unterschrieben. Konstituierende Sitzung Mitte Juni 2004, erste Sitzung des EBR im vierten Quartal 2004. Ver.di
   
6. Spain: Elections on Union Recognition & New Collective Contract in Telefónica Moviles. UNI, 30/06/04
   
7. Resultado de la huelga de dos días que se ha celebrado en Valencia por el colectivo de comerciales de ONO. UNI, 30/06/04
   
8. Spain: Cable TV Workers in Valencia strike for achievable performance pay and sales commission targets. UNI, 30/06/04
   
9. Elecciones en Telefónica Móviles a una negociación del IV Convenio Colectivo de la compañía. UNI, 30/06/04
   
10. Honduras : UNI writes to Honduras President regarding HONDUTEL. UNI, 29/06/04
    
11. Honduras Telecom Workers Strike Over Pay Continues. UNI, 29/06/04
    
12. Sir Christopher Bland: Boss from luvvie land who pulled BT out of the mire. Times, 28/06/04
    
13. Comcast Rhetoric Can't Hide Its Anti-Union Bias. CWA, 28/06/04
    
14. Spain: Strike in telemarketing centres causes telephone services to collapse. UNI, 28/06/04
    
15. La huelga colapsa servicios de atención telefónica. UNI, 28/06/04
    
16. Mobiles cut sperm count, says report. Guardian, 28/06/04
    
17. Unions Call on Telecom Regulator Ofcom: Promote Investment in the Network - It's Citizens that Count.. CWU, 24/06/04
    
18. Pittsburgh Comcast Workers vote for the union. CWA, 23/06/04
    
19. USA: Jobs for the future!! A significant breakthrough in job security in collective contract bargaining at SBC. UNI, 23/06/04
    
20. Senegal: Declaration de l'intersyndicale de la Sonatel (Sonatel unions call on France telecom to make a Global Works Council). UNI, 23/06/04
    
21. Greenwich Crown Post Office to be Privatised. CWU, 23/06/04
    
22. Pittsburgh Comcast Workers Reverse Earlier Decertification. CWA, 21/06/04
    
23. Launch of New CWU Harassment Helpline and CWU Harassment Complaints Database. CWU, 21/06/04
    
24. Gender identity: "This is me!" CWU, 17/06/04
    
25. Cable & Wireless first to market with IP Voice service in the UK. Wi-Fi Technology, 21/06/04
    
26. Cable & Wireless prepares to tackle BT on its home turf. Sunday Telegraph, 20/06/04
    
27. Royal Mail to sue over theft claims. Sunday Herald, 20/06/04
    
28. Half of 118 firms dearer than BT was. Independent, 19/06/04
    
29. Thousands march for pension rises. Times, 19/06/04
    
30. Hondutel employees strike over pay. UNI, 18/06/04
    
31. Canada's communications companies must not be allowed to abandon their social responsibilities. UNI, 18/06/04
    
32. Canada: Fight with Telus goes on, TWU President Rod Hiebert thanks UNI and affiliates for support. UNI, 17/06/04
    
33. Unions say 'no' to BT break-up. Register, 17/06/04
    
34. Unions Want BT Kept In One Piece. ISP Review, 17/06/04
    
35. Lawsuits against C&W dismissed. Times, 17/06/04
    
36. US telecoms war claims 1,100 Sprint jobs. Times, 17/06/04
    
37. Vodafone launches new volunteer policy. Business World, 17/06/04
    
38. CWU Humanitarian Aid - in a Single Story. CWU, 17/06/04
    
39. Public wants Government to take charge over Royal Mail improvements. CWU, 16/06/04
    
40. Vodafone's claim prompts Germans to rethink tax law. Times, 16/06/04
    
41. Energis shows first profit since going private. Times, 16/06/04
    
42. C&W says class action suit dismissed. Reuters, 16/06/04
    
43. Union to End Labour Funding Unless Government Guarantees a Public Postal Service. CWU, 16/06/04
    
44. Billy Hayes' Speech to CWU Conference. CWU, 15/06/04
    
45. Unions call on regulator: promote Investment in the Network– it’s citizens that count. CWU, 15/06/04
    
46. Canada: Unions on strike tell Aliant customers to seek rebates for poor service. UNI, 13/06/04
    
47. Energis attacks BT network plan. Times, 13/06/04
    
48. Interview: Connected thinking - Francesco Caio, chief executive of C&W. Guardian, 12/06/04
    
49. US cable veteran takes helm at Telewest. Guardian, 11/06/04
    
50. Vodafone: Gent left with £15.5m pension. Times, 11/06/04
    
51. Vodafone chief rings up £3.2m pay packet. Scotsman, 11/06/04
    
52. Ex-Vodafone CEO has £702,000 pension. Personnel Today, 11/06/04
    
53. Gent drives off from Vodafone with a Bentley. Independent, 11/06/04
    
54. Unions and employers to sign guidelines for call centres. UNI, 11/06/04
    
55. BT heads fixed mobile convergence drive. Computer Weekly, 09/06/04
    
56. BT sees further job cuts on roll-out of next-generation network. AFX, 09/06/04
    
57. BT's £10bn to upgrade broadband. Evening Standard, 09/06/04
    
58. BT transforms phone network. BBC, 09/06/04
    
59. CWU Appalled at Shock Lightning Closure of a Novo Site. CWU, 09/06/04
    
60. 08 June 2004 CWU and EOC Sign 'Best Practice' Deal. CWU, 09/06/04
    
61. Union and Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) Plan the Harassment Free Workplace. CWU, 08/06/04
    
62. A Postman's Voice in the Lords. CWU, 08/06/04
    
63. CWU Hosts Anti-Racism Conference. CWU, 07/06/04
    
64. €100m to pour into ntl's Ireland network. Digital Spy, 06/06/04
    
65. BT converges with Vodafone. Mobile Today, 04/06/04
    
66. O2 Airwave Picks C&W Bandwidth. The WHIR, 03/06/04
    
67. No growth at C&W, but the company formerly known as 'troubled', stops rot. Independent on Sunday, 06/06/04
    
68. Vodafone takeover of Mannesmann may cost German taxpayers 50 bln eur - report. Ample, 06/06/04
    
69. Users want to speed up Royal Mail reform. Observer, 06/06/04
    
70. 3G's no pushover for Vodafone. Guardian, 05/06/04
    
71. Vodafone megadeal 'struck in toilets'. This is London, 04/06/04
    
72. UNI Telecom: Regulation and a sustainable telecom industry. UNI, 04/06/04
    
73. Telewest forced to delay £1.8bn refinancing. Financial Times, 03/06/04
    
74. NTL chief sets up stock sale plan. Financial Times, 03/06/04
    
75. Broadband hits four million mark. BBC, 03/06/04
    
76. C&W stems UK decline and restores its dividend. Financial Times, 03/06/04
    
77. Cable & Wireless makes £70m bet on broadband. Times, 03/06/04
    
78. Cable & Wireless refuses to meet with UNI. UNI, 03/06/04
    
79. BT Pay 2004 - Union votes for pay deal. CWU, 03/06/04
    
80. Eircom calls for state help for mobile growth. Times, 02/06/04
    
81. Unions Welcome Sell Off Decision in Group 4-Securicor Merger. CWU, 01/06/04
    
82. DECLARACIÓN INICIAL DEL SINDICATO DE TELEFONISTAS DE LA REPÚBLICA MEXICANA (STRM) SOBRE LOS RESULTADOS DEL PANEL DE LA OMC EN MATERIA DE REGULACIÓN ESPECIAL Y DIFERENCIADA PARA LOS PAÍSES EN DESARROLLO. UNI, 01/06/04
    
83. Inverness: Continued Concern Over Future of 130 Jobs at BT Call Centre. CWU, 01/06/04
    
84. Telewest offers £12.99 broadband. Webuser, 01/06/04
    
85. Telewest creditors seen approving restructuring. Forbes (Reuters), 01/06/04
    
86. Ofcom: Calls to mobile phones to get cheaper. Reuters, 01/06/04
    
87. Hutchison "categorically denies" UK 3G exit rumours. silicon.com/Reuters, 01/06/04
    
88. Telecom giant Hutchison Whampoa may close UK 3G arm. Scotsman, 31/05/04
    
89. Cable & Wireless set to return to profit. Scotsman, 31/05/04
    
90. Vodafone seems likely to keep Verizon stake. International Herald Tribune, 31/05/04
    
91. Vodacom: Big Nigeria phone deal called off. BBC, 31/05/04
    
92. Vodafone investors still waiting for 3G investment to pay. Scotland on Sunday, 30/05/04
    
93. Scotland: Promise of broadband for all by next year. Sunday Herald, 30/05/04
    
94. Union Appeals for 'Straight Talking' over Royal Mail Sell Off Plans. CWU, 28/05/04
    
95. Transcom European Works Council (EWC). UNI, 28/05/04
    
96. Union Condemns TV Documentary Cheats. CWU, 27/05/04
    
97. Germany: Ver.di negotiations guarantee 4,000 training places. UNI, 27/05/04
    
98. Canada: Telus loses yet another CIRB Decision which favours TWU. UNI, 27/05/04
    
99. Canada: Aliant Strike Update. UNI, 27/05/04
    
100. Vodafone responds to UNI, but still refuses to meet. UNI, 26/05/04
     
101. Zimbabwe: 6 Members of CASWUZ Released. UNI, 26/05/04
     
102. No Good News for Public in Royal Mail Accounts, says Union. CWU, 26/05/04
     
103. Why 3G is still being put on hold. Times, 26/05/04
     
104. Vodafone pays £2.6bn for full Japan control. Times, 26/05/04
     
105. USA: CWA Contract with SBC Gives Workers Access to "Jobs of Future". UNI, 26/05/04
     
106. UK: T-Mobile agrees to joint union training. UNI, 25/05/04
     
107. Vodafone cuts losses to £5bn. Guardian, 25/05/04
     
108. Former WorldCom CEO Ebbers faces new charges. Olympian, 25/05/04
     
109. Zimbabwe: Six Tel-One Strikers Arrested. UNI, 24/05/04
     
110. Verwaayen paints his picture of BT's brave new world. Telegraph, 23/05/04
     
111. AT&T to re-enter the wireless market. Cellular-News, 24/05/04
     
112. Trouble at Royal Mail. Guardian, 24/05/04
     
113. Verwaayen paints his picture of BT's brave new world. Telegraph, 23/05/04
     
114. Vodafone cuts losses and boosts dividend. Observer, 23/05/04
     
115. Vodafone on right lines to confound critics. Scotland on Sunday, 23/05/04
     
116. Japan threatens Vodafone's plans for global mobile phone domination. Independent, 23/05/04
     
117. Smart Scotland will snag without broadband . Sunday Herald, 23/05/04
     
118. BT, Microsoft pilot broadband drive in Scotland. Scotsman, 23/05/04
     
119. Broadband gamble pays off for BT. Guardian, 21/05/04
     
120. BT loses the connection on landline phone calls. Telegraph, 21/05/04
     
121. SBC phone workers launch strike. BBC, 21/05/04
     
122. Zimbabwe: 5,000 Tel-One Workers Strike. UNI, 21/05/04
     
123. Esat BT to launch residential VoIP. Register, 21/05/04
     
124. BT profits up 19 percent. Reuters, 20/05/04
     
125. Ministers leave door open for telecom breakup. Guardian, 20/05/04
     
126. BT rings up right profit numbers. This is Money, 20/05/04
     
127. BT engaged in directory inquiry fight with 118 118. Guardian, 20/05/04
     
128. Union anger at Foreign Secretary's remarks on EU Constitution. TUC, 20/05/04
     
129. USA: Communications Workers Set Strike at SBC Involving 100,000 Workers. UNI, 19/05/04
     
130. Communications workers union gives SBC final notice of possible strike. ABC24, 19/05/04
     
131. BT steals MMO2's thunder. Guardian, 19/05/04
     
132. MmO2 unveils first profit and eyes rival in Germany. Times, 19/05/04
     
133. BT and Vodafone go for fixed-mobile convergence together. Ovum
     
134. Telewest vows to keep beating BT for broadband speed. ZDNet, 19/05/04
     
135. 5 or 6Mbps broadband on the cards for Telewest subscribers? uk-bug, 19/05/04
     
136. UPC: EU approves cable operator merger. Computer Weekly, 19/05/04
     
137. Union Stresses Service at Parliament Committee. CWU, 19/05/04
     
138. Only one in four non-union workers get regular training. TUC, 18/05/04
     
139. BT and Voda to 'tie mobile knot'. Register, 17/05/04
     
140. BT reportedly has selected Vodafone to provide mobile services. Telecom.paper, 17/05/04
     
141. BT loses 150,000 customers a month - report. Register, 17/05/04
     
142. mmO2: Mobile phone giant to reveal dramatic profits turnaround. Scotland on Sunday, 16/05/04
     
143. T-Mobile smells the coffee. Sunday Herald, 16/05/04
     
144. T-Mobile goes big on wi-fi as best way to woo custom. Scotland on Sunday, 16/05/04
     
145. CHINA: Cable & Wireless commits to China growth. South China Morning Post, 14/05/04
     
146. NTT hits record profits on booming DoCoMo mobile phone business. Yahoo, 14/05/04
     
147. USA: 2.8 Mln Consumers Move Phone Numbers. Yahoo, 13/05/04
     
148. Telewest trims its quarterly losses to £36m. Guardian, 14/05/04
     
149. Telewest cuts losses as it gets ready for debt swap. Financial Times, 14/05/04
     
150. mmO2 Pay Ballot - union members vote Yes. CWU, 14/05/04
     
151. Ofcom reviews local loop unbundling. VNUNet, 14/05/04
     
152. NTT annual operating profit hits record high. Financial Times, 14/05/04
     
153. Telewest losses slashed in year. Guardian, 13/05/04
     
154. Telewest nears 500,000 broadband customers.Cable Forum, 13/05/04
     
155. BT cuts broadband access costs for rivals. Financial Times, 13/05/04
     
156. Deutsche Telekom boosted by mobile demand. Financial Times, 13/05/04
     
157. Website for 'pay up for pensions' rally still going strong. CWU, 13/05/04
     
158. CWU accept BT's offer on London Weighting. CWU, 12/05/04
     
159. Compte rendu de la rencontre entre la direction de France Télécom et le comité exécutif de l'alliance syndicale mondiale. UNI, 12/05/04
     
160. Are You Worried That Your Office Could Be Making You Ill? CWU, 12/05/04
     
161. Collective Bargaining in Spanish Call Centres. UNI, 11/05/04
     
162. T-Mobile offers airport Wi-Fi service. Times, 10/05/04
     
163. Complaints About Royal Mail on TV. CWU, 10/05/04
     
164. Workers ready to strike to protect pensions, says TUC. Observer, 09/05/04
     
165. C&W plans dividends to heal rift. Mail on Sunday, 09/05/04
     
166. Thus: Bill Allan - the great survivor of the telecom collapse. Sunday Times, 09/05/04
     
167. Unions on the offensive in Telecom organising. UNI, 07/05/04
     
168. Roaming impact of a mobile future. UNI, 06/05/04
     
169. Report envisages more than 1m call centre jobs. Guardian, 06/05/04
     
170. Broadband 'set for speed boost'. BBC, 06/05/04
     
171. Debt moves help NTL to halve loss. Guardian, 06/05/04
     
172. China debates workers' rights. BBC, 06/05/04
     
173. Workers Protected in BT - HP Cross-Atlantic Alliance. CWU, 05/05/04
     
174. HP and BT sign monster telecoms deal. TechWorld, 05/05/04
     
175. NTL losses cut by new subscribers. BBC, 05/05/04
     
176. Call centre guidelines agreed by European Telecom unions and employers. UNI, 05/05/04
     
177. Winning rights for Telecom workers around the world. UNI, 05/05/04
     
178. Africans rush for mobile phones. BBC, 05/05/04
     
179. MmO2's customer revenues 'exaggerated by up to 8%'. Times, 04/05/04
     
180. T-Mobile caught on the hop by Vodafone. Reuters, 04/05/04
     
181. Union gets BT to increase offer to 2.6%!. CWU, 04/05/04
     
182. UNION RESPONDS TO POSTWATCH 'MISDIRECTION' CAMPAIGN. CWU, 04/05/04
     
183. South Africa: Telkom threatens union de-recognition. UNI, 04/05/04
     
184. Vodafone Company Profile - Update 2004. UNI, 03/05/04
     
185. BT may face £15bn takeover. Observer, 02/05/04
     
186. Break up the BT monster. Observer, 02/05/04
     
187. Union tells Hewitt: protect Royal Mail. Observer, 02/05/04
     
188. Broadband boost is just the job for Thus. Sunday Herald, 02/05/04
     
189. Low Wages in India Shock!. CWU, 30/04/04
     
190. Post Office Pay Result. CWU, 30/04/04
     
191. BT sets 98% target for broadband cover. Scotsman, 30/04/04
     
192. BT forced to cut broadband rate. Scotsman, 29/04/04
     
193. Regulator's criticism forces BT to cut charges for rivals. Times, 29/04/04
     
194. Share buyback plans bolster C&W. Guardian, 28/04/04
     
195. Deutsche Telekom Agrees on an EWC. UNI
     
196. Global Crossing overstated profits by $80m. Times, 28/04/04
     
197. Union Calls on Minister For Urgent Talks over Royal Mail. CWU, 28/04/04
     
198. NTL follows fatter pipe rival Telewest. Silicon, 27/04/04
     
199. Canada: The TWU wins yet another case against Telus for violation of Labour Law. UNI, 27/04/04
     
200. C&W set to buy majority holding in Monaco Télécom. DM Europe, 23/04/04
     
201. Regulator Ofcom says BT break-up one of many options. Reuters, 26/04/04
     
202. BT break-up 'on Ofcom's agenda. BBC, 26/04/04
     
203. South Africa : Telekom announces intention to end recognition agreement with CWU. UNI, 26/04/04
     
204. Cable broadband just got faster - Telewest's 3 megabit/sec. BBC, 26/04/04
     
205. Telewest gives customers 50 per cent faster broadband for nothing. silicon.com, 26/04/04
     
206. Cable firms hit back with broadband price cuts. Guardian, 26/04/04
     
207. NTL follows Telewest with faster broadband. ZDNet, 26/04/04
     
208. UK call-centre job growth to continue until 2008. silicon.com, 26/04/04
     
209. C&W secures £8m Group 4 outsourcing deal. silicon.com, 26/04/04
     
210. Zimbabwe: UNI's ILO Complaint on Freedom of Association. UNI, 26/04/04
     
211. Post Office Ltd 2004 Pay Ballot. CWU, 26/04/04
     
212. Canada: Aliant workers commence strike action. UNI, 26/04/04
     
213. In Britain, cell phone use threatens red icon. AP, 25/04/04
     
214. China to cancel 80 bln usd roll-out of 3G network - report. iii, 25/04/04
     
215. Royal Mail sorry for snail mail. BBC, 25/04/04
     
216. AT&T loss clue to Vodafone pullout. Guardian, 24/04/04
     
217. Denmark : TDC announces outsourcing but CEO promises to talk to union first. UNI,23/04/04
     
218. COLT poaches BT executive to win growth. Times,23/04/04
     
219. France Telecom EWC Agreement. UNI,22/04/04
     
220. France Telecom Unions sign EWC agreement. UNI,21/04/04
     
221. MCI faces '$1 billion' bill for Chapter 11. Times, 21/04/04
     
222. CFDT - Communique de Presse - Accord sur un comité de groupe européen à France Télécom. UNI,20/04/04
     
223. Canada : Telephone Workers at Aliant Back Strike Action. UNI,20/04/04
     
224. BT SMART PENSIONS. CWU, 19/04/04
     
225. CWU welcomes Post Office cash boost. CWU, 19/04/04
     
226. USA : CWA Calls SBC Health Cut Announcement 'Inflammatory'. UNI, 19/04/04
     
227. EU says Vodafone and mmO2 broke antitrust law - FT. Reuters, 19/04/04
     
228. Royal Mail signs access deal with German postal giant Deutsche Post. DM News, 19/04/04
     
229. Pensions: But what about the workers?. Observer, 18/04/04
     
230. BT 'dragging feet' on liberalising line rental. Independent, 18/04/04
     
231. BT rival pledges to take complaint to Ofcom. Times, 16/04/04
     
232. EU investigates £1bn 'illegal state aid' to BT. Times, 15/04/04
     
233. VOIP Presentation from UNI-Europa Telecom. UNI, 16/04/04
     
234. Belgacom: Together...Fighting for our future. UNI, 16/04/04
     
235. Antigua & Barbuda : Election win for unions!. UNI, 16/04/04
     
236. C&W Change of Heart Welcomed by CWU. CWU, 16/04/04
     
237. NTL boss gets USD11m in stock options. Business World, 15/04/04
     
238. BT London Weighting. CWU, 15/04/04
     
239. Manila Telecom Seminar. UNI, 15/04/04
     
240. Africa : UNI Solidarity in Cote d'Ivoire. UNI, 15/04/04
     
241. Verizon Wireless Rewards Longtime Workers with Pink Slips. UNI, 14/04/04
     
242. Support Us, Say Royal Mail Managers!. CWU, 14/04/04
     
243. Free calls on the internet force BT to sit up and listen. Times, 13/04/04
     
244. EU Offshoring Study Launched. CWU, 13/04/04
     
245. NTL cuts 1,500 staff in call centre cull. Guardian, 08/04/04
     
246. NTL to sack 1,500 in call centre cutback. Times, 08/04/04
     
247. May brings 'join up' week!. CWU, 08/04/04
     
248. USA : CWA launches new video "We Can't Wait" on Verizon Wireless. UNI, 08/04/04
     
249. Collective bargaining training for UNI affiliates in Accession countries. UNI, 07/04/04
     
250. UK : British Telecom proposes to transfer staff to Hewlett Packard. UNI, 05/04/04
     
251. Hong Kong : Protest against Arbitrary Dismissals. UNI, 05/04/04
     
252. AXA Business Services returns to UK. CWU, 05/04/04
     
253. Ministers urged to intervene on axing of newspaper service. CWU, 05/04/04
     
254. French internet to invade Britain. Times, 04/04/04
     
255. Australia: Communications workers in conference. UNI, 02/04/04
     
256. Telewest enters the 'midband' market. PCPro, 02/04/04
     
257. Vodafone extends UK 3G coverage. BBC, 02/04/04
     
258. An Post agrees to reinstate all workers. breakingnews.ie, 02/04/04
     
259. T-Mobile jobs fear on 'India switch talks'. Yorkshire Post, 01/04/04
     
260. Telewest revamp fee hits record. Timest, 01/04/04
     
261. Expansion plans of Orange seen curbed. International Herald Tribune, 01/04/04
     
     

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262. Telecom: Failure of the WTO's Poster Child - An analysis by Sid Shniad, Research Director, Telecommunications Workers Union, Vancouver, British Columbia. April 2002
     
263. Marketing Trade Unions - a Manual by Allen Pascoe
     
264. What are Interest-Based Negotiations? New Zealand trade unionist Allen Pascoe explains what they are and why we should be interested in them.
     
265. 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.
     
266. "Return of the Job Killers" - and we thought we knew the meaning of 'convergence'.... (published in May/June, 1996, Scottish Trade Union Review )
     
267. "Communications, Computing and Broadcasting" - Digits and Jobs: a severe case of compression (published March/April, 1996, Trade Union News)
     
268. "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 )
     
269. "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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