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Thousands of BT workers have voted to go
on strike in a dispute over pay.

[Some 30,000 Openreach engineers
and 9,000 BT call centre workers
were balloted and overwhelmingly backed
industrial action,
the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said.

General secretary Dave Ward said BT now faced
its first national strike since it
was privatised in the 1980s.
BT said it was disappointed and would
"work to keep our customers and the
country connected" if staff walked out.
Mr Ward said he expected BT to offer
a "significantly improved" pay rise
by next week or strike dates will be set.

CWU said the potential strike action
would have a serious effect on the
roll-out of broadband and
could cause big problems for
those working from home.]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62000848