Please see below, at this stage regardless of what managers have told you guys you can see that as per the company response to the CWU tupe is still only at the proposal stage. It is just NTL/TW have now formally confirmed to staff they are considering it.
BUT don't get your hopes up..........
Hi,
I have reproduced a part of an email received from Telewest on today’s announcement and the incorrect briefings or messages being put out. As there was a highly personal individual element I do not intend to reproduce in its entirety. Members will see that it is not a done deal, however there are no grounds for complacency and it remains to be seen whether the company can be persuaded from making the final decision to outsource.
Regards.
Brian
Brian,
I fear we are going round the usual houses on these kind of announcements, where the managers are saying they've delivered a clear and consistent message and the engineers saying that they've been told that they're going to Avonline, etc. Specific care was taken to put out an announcement that outlined a proposal by the company to outsource the installation business. This is not only subject to consultation but also the company making a definitive call that this is the only viable approach, operationally and financially. This is of course is dependent on other factors such as current contractor price negotiations and then discussions with them about potential outsourcing. I don't think we'll ever get away from people thinking it's a done deal but that's certainly not what was communicated this morning.