BT Group's wider workforce, some of whom are represented by the CWU, had voted to approve a 1 percent pay rise plus a £1,000 lump sum (both consolidated and pensionable) in March, and the ...

About 40,000 British workers for telecoms company BT Group and its networking arm Openreach will hold a national strike over pay in October, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said on Wednesday.

BT Group's CEO Philip Jansen is to freeze his salary of 1.1 million pounds ($1.4 million) until he retires from Britain's largest telecoms group, Sky News reported on Wednesday.