Reward staff Vodafone

17^th May 2011
For immediate release
CWU urges Vodafone to reward staff
Following UK mobile giant Vodafone’s financial results today (Tuesday) which show revenue, profits and share holder payouts up, the Communication Workers Union urges the company to reward staff and protect UK jobs.
Andy Kerr, CWU deputy general secretary, said: “Today’s results show that Vodafone is performing well and enjoying financial success. It’s now time Vodafone rewarded its hard-working staff who have helped bring the company success through recent hard years.
“Staff in the UK have faced successive outsourcing rounds and workplace closures, the most recent in Trowbridge. We’re now urging Vodafone to support their UK workforce and protect these experienced staff by guaranteeing UK jobs.
“With shareholders seeing an increased payout of 7.1 per cent, and company profits up by almost 10 per cent, we hope that Vodafone will look seriously at offering matching pay rises for staff.“
Inflation currently stands at 4.5 per cent for CPI, but the more widely used measure for pay rises is RPI which currently stands at 5.2 per cent.
CWU is the largest trade union in the communications sector with 211,000 members in telecommunication, mobile, postal and financial services industries.
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