No Settlement for Telus

Monday, October 31, 2005 03:59 AM

The Telecommunications workers at Telus have rejected the agreement placed before them.

The vote was slim. 50.3 against.

Darren Entwistle, President and CEO of TELUS Corporation says “The fact that the ratification process has failed to bring a positive conclusion to our labour disruption can only be described as very disappointing."

Telecomunications workers have been off the job since July 21st. The Union calls it a lockout, the Company calls it a strike.

The company says there are no plans to return to the bargainning table.

Meantime, the City of Prince George has requested a meeting with Telus to express its concerns over potential job losses through contracting out.

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Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 03:59 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Chester on October 31 2005 6:29 PM

What are the workers thinking is going to happen? Off work for 3 month to preserve 500 jobs that are going to be axed anyway.

I think they should wake up and start thinking for themselves. I have to question the advice they are receiving.

I think that those who are so unhappy working for Telus should begin looking for new employment. They won't want to be working for their unfair employers anyway and I'm sure Telus wouldn't want employees who have a bad attitude about the company they work for.

It's so unfortunate that employee/employer relationships are allowed to deterioriate to the level they have.

Can true harmony ever be achieved between these two camps again? I seriously doubt it. Chester

Posted by: Jethro on November 1 2005 12:58 PM

Chester's right...

What in the world are these people thinking?

Times are changing fast, and they're changing especially fast in the telecommunications industry.

Think that workers in the wagon wheel industry 150 years ago would have fared well in a strike...??

I feel sorry for the well intentioned, but enormously misguided Telus workers.

Posted by: jemm on November 2 2005 9:19 PM

Negotiating with a gun to your head is not the way to reach an agreement, threatening to make all these jobs disappear is the gun Telus is using. Why has Telus been so profitable under the old agreement, perhaps when all these jobs are moved overseas, and there is no one here left to support our economy......perhaps then the point will be made....too late....think about it