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Starmer urged to clarify picket line ban as MPs are pressed to back strikers

Frontbenchers say Labour leader should let issue drop as it risks detracting from party’s policies on tackling cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer is right – for Labour to win power, it can’t wade in on every strike going

The party must focus on being elected, so the whole country can flourish. Picking a side in industrial disputes is a distraction, says John McTernan, director of political operations under Tony Blair

The Guardian - UK

Dumfries telecom workers take strike action in fight for better pay

Members of the Communication Workers Union, which represents BT Group employees, staged a protest outside the former telephone exchange in Loreburn Street

Daily Record

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Striking Scottish BT workers 'forced to use food banks' amid cost-of-living crisis

BT and Openreach employees are reportedly being forced to use food banks and get second jobs to survive the cost-of-living crisis.

The National (Scotland)

Paisley workers take second day of strike against BT over real terms pay cut

Workers from the Communication Workers Union were picketing BT's premises on Clark Street.

Daily Record

BT and Openreach staff to walk out on shift due to recent 'unacceptable' pay rise

Thousands of BT and Openreach workers will go on strike once again on Monday, August 1, in a heavy dispute over a pay rise due to the soaring rate of inflation.

Glasgow Live

Lisa Nandy visits striking workers despite ban on Labour frontbenchers joining picket lines

The Wigan MP is understood to have told Sir Keir Starmer about her plans to visit striking workers

Manchester Evening News

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Labour frontbencher Lisa Nandy joins CWU picket line after Sam Tarry sacking

PROMINENT Labour frontbencher Lisa Nandy has defied Keir Starmer’s orders by joining striking workers on a Communication Workers Union (CWU)…

The National (Scotland)

Labour facing ‘breakdown in discipline’ as Nandy visits picket line

Shadow ministers say Keir Starmer’s ban on visiting picket lines has ‘effectively broken down’ as frontbencher visits CWU members

The Guardian - UK

BT and Openreach workers take second day of strike action in Ayrshire

It marks the latest bitter dispute over pay to hit services across the country this summer.

Daily Record

BT and Openreach workers staging second strike over pay

Management offer of £1,500 pay increase is rejected after Communication Workers Union calls it a real-terms wage cut

Wales Online

BT workers back on strike in bitter pay dispute over cost of living crisis

THOUSANDS of BT and Openreach workers will go on strike again today in a dispute over pay.

The National (Scotland)

BT and Openreach workers staging second pay strike

Call centre staff and engineers from the Communication Workers Union will walk out again saying a recent pay rise is not enough.

The Independent UK

Bus drivers, BT workers and 'wildcats': Week of strike action sees thousands of employees stage walk-outs

Experts have warned this week's strike action could be a taster of things to come

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Daily Record

Summer of strikes continues as Paisley communications workers down tools

The striking workers, mainly Openreach Engineer and call centre workers are striking for better pay.

Manchester Evening News

'The damage has been proportionate': Thousands of BT and Openreach workers strike for first time in 35 years over pay dispute

"We just want a small piece of that pie for doing our part, and we think that's fair"

Evening Standard

BT strike: emergency 999 call operators join strike action over BT pay

Everything you need to know about BT’s ongoing strikes

Insider UK

Openreach and BT workers in Scotland strike in pay dispute

BT Group says it aims to minimise disruption

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Liverpool Echo

Sacked Labour MP Sam Tarry joins BT picket line

He was joined by former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as telecoms staff stage a walkout over a pay dispute

Evening Standard

Sacked shadow minister joins BT picket line as Labour war over strikes deepens

A shadow minister sacked after appearing on a picket line joined BT workers striking in central London on Friday as the row over over Labour’s support for unions deepened.

Daily Mirror

Sacked Labour frontbencher says it's time to 'fight back' and 'reclaim party'

Sam Tarry this morning told members of the Communication Workers Union it's time to "fight back", a day after Sir Keir Starmer described the decision to sack him for making up policy "on the hoof" was "straightforward"

The Independent UK

BT and Openreach workers begin two day strike in first national telecoms walkout in 35 years

Strike involves mpre than 30,000 engineers who maintain digital infrastructure and around 9,000 call centre workers

The Independent UK

Sam Tarry says ‘time to fight back and reclaim’ Labour as he joins picket line

The former shadow transport minister’s removal from Sir Keir Starmer’s top team was met with fury by unions and the left wing of the party.

Daily Record

BT and Openreach workers in Perth and Kinross strike for two days over pay row

The protests, taking place on July 29 and August 1, are the first nationwide action at the firm in 35 years

The National (Scotland)

BT and Openreach workers in Scotland strike amid 'gaslighting' accusation

AROUND 6000 BT and Openreach workers across Scotland are striking in a dispute over pay.

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