OTTAWA – This morning in the nation’s capital. the Canadian Telecommunications Employees’ Association will be demonstrating against Bell Canada’s "decision of cutting jobs and reducing the work hours of its Canadian employees in favour of overseas outsourcing companies," says the union’s press release.
It’s the second such protest over outsourcing in a week faced by Canadian telcos.
"Bell Canada and like minded companies continue to show disregard for their employees and the communities within which they operate by sending good jobs overseas to the lowest bidder", said Brenda Knight, president of the CTEA in the press release. "We want to raise public and government awareness towards the fact that this issue affects not only our membership, but all Canadian working people."
A group of employees will be walking a route from Bell’s Ottawa offices at160 Elgin to Parliament Hill. "We are confronted with a situation in which we must stand up for what is wrong and stand together. We want these jobs to stay in Canada. Laying off employees in Canada while funding employment growth overseas is not patriotic at all. We cannot allow Bell Canada to turn a blind eye to the injustices that our members suffer," added Knight.
