Sabia's in-box fills with equity complaints

OTTAWA - Michael Sabia, chairman of Bell Canada Enterprises, got some extra mail this morning. Thousands of cards calling on Bell to settle a decade old claim for pay equity by telephone operators were delivered to BCE headquarters by members and officers of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada during a rally by hundreds of people this morning, says the union. The cards were signed over the past few months by Western Canadians “who are protesting the fact that Bell is spending $200 million on sponsoring the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver while refusing to equitably settle pay...