Hello members,

As you may be well aware, about 150 call centre employees at TELUS are facing a critical moment as TELUS closes offices in Ontario and requires these employees to attend an office in Montreal three times per week, or else resign and take a severance package. This forces our members to make an impossible choice between their community, their friends, their families, and their jobs. TELUS can easily afford to provide office space for their employees in Ontario, they just don’t want to. 

Further, about 1,000 call centre employees in total across the country, who have been working from home since at least 2020, have been told they now need to report to the office three times per week. This has occurred with no indication during these years that work-from-home was being reviewed for these jobs or was ever likely to be discontinued. To be clear, these call centre jobs can be performed properly from anywhere and have been for years. 

Our members are being pushed back into office roles unnecessarily, disrupting their lives and livelihoods. This is an unacceptable move that disregards the well-being and stability of hardworking Canadians. 

We are calling on the Government of Canada to stand up for Canadian workers! 

By filling out your name, and postal code, you are telling your representatives in Ottawa that it is time to stand up for our membership, our families, our communities and our jobs! 

An email will be sent on your behalf to make your voice heard by your Member of Parliament, and the leadership in Ottawa, including: 

• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 
• NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh 
• Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet 
• Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre 
• Minister of Labour Seamus O'Regan 
• Minister of Canadian Heritage Pascale St-Onge 
• Minister of Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne 

It's time to tell the Canadian Government to protect our jobs and our communities! 

Your voice can make a difference. Sign up now to send your message to Ottawa and demand that they advocate for the rights and stability of Canadian workers. Together, we can push for the protection of our jobs, our communities, and our future.

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In Solidarity

USW Local 1944