Aliant offers early retirement packages as part of plan to trim workforce

HALIFAX - Bell Aliant unveiled a voluntary retirement incentive to some of its unionized employees in Atlantic Canada on Thursday. The offer provides a financial incentive to a “limited number of senior front-line employees” who are already eligible for retirement in 2009. Approximately 120 employees will be able to take advantage of the offer, which will be limited by department so that customer service will not be adversely affected, the company said in a statement. “I am very pleased that we have been able to work with our union to meet our shared interests,” said Karen Sheriff, president and CEO,...