Driving a $60000 truck,it kinda looks like Telus has treated him or her fairly well.
Rock

Hey, we all know that Telus employees make pretty good money and have some excellent benefits, etc etc etc. It costs a fortune for anyone to have a telephone line hooked up, especially since Telus conveniently started "giving" away the lines into the individual homes, dah de dah. Anyone having had to get a new phone line installed has heard that one. Did you know it costs more if they have given the line away? Well, of course it does!! So high costs for service to cover high employee wages and benefits, and everyone knows it is ALWAYS about the dollar, so Telus is going to get their staff cheaper if they can get it in the Phillipines, or India, or WHEREVER. Perhaps Telus employees would consider backing off a bit, be thankful they have a job. Most of the country has to work for their pay, union employees should too. Yes - for the most part I am anti-union. What is a Canadian anyways???

You People are so full OF Bulls..t I work for 10.50 a hr I saved and I own outright a $45000, truck and also a another $25000 truck,Plus my house,I do not owe anyone. and NOOO my boss does not treat me well.SCREW TELUS and the Goverment,and you uniformed MORONS

PS.....I am a security guard.

Uninformed, MIGHT maybe

Well, some information i received was that the employees began job action first. So, the company said, we are not going to let you control this situation, so they got locked out.

If I was the employer, I would have probably done the same thing. Anyway.

I also heard from Telus middle management in Vancouver that 500 jobs had to go. One way or another, the writing is on the wall.

So, the challenge is to decide who goes, who stays, who gets a package, who gets retrained for something else and leaves? This is their reality.

Picture this, a 4 story building in Vancouver (or a community nearby) 14 employees, only one floor required, only 2 employees required. Something has to give.

Union (employees say no way) Company says, well, yes, someone has to go.

How would you like this to end. Employees say we don't. Company says, well, we are in charge, we have full responsibility, we will make the decision for you if you don't want to participate.

Guess what? They don't have work for everyone anymore. Who's responsibility is it to keep employees on payroll who are no longer needed?

There is no such thing as job security. It's time the unions realized and admitted to their employees that they can't fight for that anymore.

If they think they should, I suggest that the unions start their own companies and compete with their employers.

Now, that would be very interesting, wouldn't it?