Telus Dispute Not the Workers Fault
By Ben Meisner
Wednesday, July 27, 2005 03:57 AM
If Telus is hoping to somehow catch the imagination of the British Columbia public in its dispute with its workers, it could be a long hard ride.
It is not the workers fault that the company went through some very difficult times. That problem falls squarely on the shoulders of the administration of the company. Because they virtually blew millions upon millions of dollars with bad decisions surely does not mean the average worker (the grunts as I like to refer to myself) must fall on the sword.
Telus (formerly BC Tel) was indeed a good place to work, but that came about in large measure by the efforts of a staff of people who worked together and all were rewarded .
To some how now suggest that the workers must take the fall is bloody nonsense.
If big companies want to show leadership, they need to do it in a manner that demonstrates that everyone should be rewarded for their work, not just those at the top. That clearly wasn’t happening, and the Union is very much in its right to take the stance it has.
The heavy handed tactics Telus brass have been using in order to try and beat the workers into submission, only points to the fact of why there should be a union at the company.
Unions get established when a company chooses to ignore the work that workers perform on a day to day basis. If someone at the head of the company is being rewarded for his or her efforts, then that same reward should be made available to all.
In the case of Telus that is far removed from reality.
That, is one man's opinion.
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Posted by: Norm on July 27 2005 5:00 PM
Unions are there to protect the undesirable employees. I do not agree a company cannot fire a lousy employee as they are protected by the union. I believe the guy issuing the paycheque is the one calling the shots.
I also wonder about this vandalism. I feel it fair to say the so called BRASS is not cutting cables. I believe it is disgruntled EMPLOYEES hell bent on creating problems for the company. Is this FAIR?? Are these good EMPLOYEES who deserve union protectionism??? I THINK NOT. They do not care about the harm they do to the Telus customers who rely on those lines, and in fact, are paying the Telus employees. They could inadvertently be responsible for deaths, as no emergency lines are available with cut cables, but they obviously are hell bent on destruction, and become brain dead in other areas.
The workers are equally guilty at using this type of destruction to beat the company into submission.
I believe the good employee is worth more, and the lazy slug can collect and have the union protect his paycheque, and get nothing more. To me, that is committing enough of an indignity to the company.
An employer is thankful for good employees, but at times it is the unions that work to destroy good relations between a company and employees. I actually have no sympathy for either in this case, and I only hope the employees refrain from being destructive, and if they choose to do otherwise, I sure hope they get caught, and get no paycheque--ever.