OTTAWA – Five thousand current and former mostly female telephone operators employed by Bell Canada have voted to accept a $104 million settlement of their 14 year old dispute over pay equity by 95%.Members of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, the operators voted over the last month in 25 separate meetings across Ontario and Québec. "This result brings an end to one of the longest battles for pay equity in the private sector and I want to congratulate our 150,000 members right across the Union for their solidarity with the operators at Bell Canada," said CEP President...
