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USW is on RadioLabour, presented by Rabble

Rabble recently welcomed President Michael Phillips to their Radio Labour show to discuss Telus.

Listen to the full interview here

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Attendance at USW International Convention

The Table Officers wanted to communicate proactively to members regarding the fact that the USW International Convention, which occurs every three yea...

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Changes to our Executive Board

We have some updates to announce regarding changes to our Executive Board. Corey Mandryk has vacated his position as Trustee after being hired into t...

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Business Solutions VSP's
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Business Solutions VSP's

Once again Telus has announced another round of VSP's, offering them to about 400 members nationally within the Telus Business Solutions and the Small-Medium Business 100 team—which handles accounts with fewer than 100 lines. As well, VSP's have been offered to approximately 80 members of SAMT and 80 members of SQET-5044, two of Telus’ Unions in Quebec.

Business Solutions VSP's

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Supporting Telus Workers in Turkey - Letter Writing Campaign
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Supporting Telus Workers in Turkey - Letter Writing Campaign

With employees across the globe, it comes as no surprise to us at Local 1944 that overseas workers at Telus are unionizing for collective bargaining agreements that will secure their workers’ rights. Employees at Telus Digital (formerly Telus International) in Turkey have been dealing with low wages, psychologically exhausting working conditions, ever-increasing performance targets, a lack of job security and arbitrary dismissals.

Supporting Telus Workers in Turkey - Letter Writing Campaign

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Craft VSPs : A Disservice to Canada
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Craft VSPs : A Disservice to Canada

Last week, Telus once again issued some 545 so-called voluntary severance packages to craft members. This group includes outside plant construction, cable repair, NOC, engineering, network operations, IP Core, and Transport. These packages were accompanied with the threat of forced relocation should Telus not receive the desired reduction in the areas they want.

Craft VSPs : A Disservice to Canada