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CWU welcomes 300 new BT jobs
The Communication Workers Union today (Friday) welcomes the announcement that around 300 new jobs are being created by BT at their Sandwell site in West Bromwich. CWU has been closely involved in ensuring these jobs are permanent, directly-employed posts based in the UK.
Recruitment for the customer service jobs started this week and will continue over the next couple of months. Full training and support will be given to new recruits.
Andy Kerr, CWU deputy general secretary, said: “This is a good news story for everyone at BT and for job-hunters in the Sandwell area.
“We’ve worked closely with BT to create these jobs in the UK and we’re really pleased that the outcome is permanent, stable and directly-employed jobs. For us this is the best scenario as it offers job security and real investment for the local economy.
“We hope that this model will be used in the future to create more permanent UK-based jobs in BT customers services and other areas.”
CWU represents BT workers in a range of roles including call centre positions, engineering and support functions.
For more information please contact:
Sian Jones, Press Officer, tel: 020 8971 7267, mobile: 0779 3314249, e-mail: sbjones@cwu.org