call centres

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Steven. — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:03:52 +0000

call centres

Steven. — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:00:21 +0000

Ladbrokes staff strike against pay offer

Ed — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:42:59 +0000

The union Usdaw said hundreds of workers at the site in Aintree were set to strike from 0500 BST on Sunday. It said staff were unhappy after being offered what it said was a below-inflation pay rise of 3%.

Working life, interviews and leaflets in Delhi's call centre cluster, 2006

Steven. — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:05:36 +0000

The text looks at the composition of foreign workers in Indian call centres and documents interviews with workers from international companies such as HP or Citibank which relocated call centre work to the industrial outskirts of Delhi.

Introduction

Fiat - call centre report from Milano, Italy, 2002

Steven. — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:22:18 +0000

At the beginning everything looks really nice when you enter Fiat's call centre in Milan. Lots of space, multi-coloured cubicle walls and little flags, lots of young people sitting in front of large monitors, wandering around or relaxing and smoking in the corner by the vending machines. They speak all kinds of languages: Italian, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Polish...

Call centre report from Athens, Greece, 2002

Steven. — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:17:01 +0000

Teleprime is a call centre company which sells mobile phones and, more importantly, issues credit cards. It has many branches all over Athens (at least).

What now Norwich? Norwich Union job cuts

PaulMarsh — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:00:19 +0000

The news that fresh forced redundancies at Norwich Union by Aviva can only have come with shocked resignation to many people in Norwich this morning, as they gained the knowledge via the media that the present culture of ‘offshoring’ jobs to India continues to wreak havoc on Norwich’s work force and call centre staff across the country.

London: Hospital porters and cleaners on strike

libcom — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:18:36 +0000

An agreement over pay and conditions was made in 2003, due to come into force in April 2006, several other East London hospitals agreed to the deal, only Rentokil at Whipps Cross has failed to honour it. The pay award is roughly equivalent to a £2 per hour raise, for staff who in some cases earn as little as £5.52 per hour, the agreement also included increases in leave entitlement.

More NHS job cuts

libcom — Wed, 17 May 2006 11:00:00 +0000

Citing a £15m deficit, health bosses intend to shut centres at Doncaster, Scunthorpe, York, Chester, Bolton, Preston, Chorley, Southport, Cambridge, Croydon, Brighton and Kensington over the next 18 months.

5,000 jobs to go at NTL

Steven. — Thu, 11 May 2006 11:00:00 +0000

Around 5,000 jobs are expected to go from the combined company's workforce of 17,000 over the next few years.