Cable / Telecom News

Another union hangs up on Telus

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Teachers' Federation has joined CUPE and the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union in disconnecting their Telus service. "We want to demonstrate our solidarity with the Telus workers who have been struggling for the past five years to achieve a fair collective agreement," said BCTF President Jinny Sims in a release today. "It's shameful that thousands of people have been locked out since July and subjected to very heavy-handed tactics since then." Ed note: The labour dispute here, however, is not a lockout. The Telecommunications Workers Union went on strike after Telus imposed its final contract...