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, the UK telecoms giant, is facing a national strike over pay by 40,000 frontline staff across BT and its subsidiaries, Openreach and EE. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) will begin ...

BT has removed around 31,000 payphones in the UK since 2002, when call box numbers also peaked at 95,000. Just under 3,000 red call boxes are listed and cannot be removed, it said.

BT pay industrial action suspended - for now On hold to allow further talks Written by Natasha Lomas, Contributor May 23, 2008, 5:38 a.m. PT ...