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Bell union to march in Ottawa

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...