Bell offers retirement to 1,500 unionized employees

MONTREAL – Bell Canada has offered a “retirement incentive” to 1,500 qualifying employees who are eligible to retire this year and in 2010. "This initiative supports Bell's strategic imperative to achieve a competitive cost structure," said George Cope, president and CEO of BCE and Bell Canada, in the press release. "It also thanks many of Bell's longest-serving team members for their service by allowing them to take a financially secure retirement even earlier than they may have planned." Bell said it will stagger the dates on which these employees retire to ensure there is no impact “on the quality or...