BURNABY, B.C. - The B.C. division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees is cutting Telus out of its life. The largest union in the province, with 70,000 members, has begun negotiations with other telecommunications providers to replace the division office's land line, Internet and mobile phone services. The move is a direct response to the strike at the telco by the Telecommunication Workers Union (TWU). It makes CUPE the first union in Canada to launch a full-scale boycott of Telus products. “We can no longer have ourselves in a position where we as a union are being serviced by...
