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Saying Entwistle wants union broken, TWU steps up action

BURNABY, B.C. – The Telecommunications Workers Union says that business analyst Michael Levy, while on Bill Good’s CKNW radio program yesterday, told listeners that Telus CEO Darren Entwistle is out to break the union. According to a TWU press release, Levy said senior Telus managers have contacted him to express their willingness to enter into non-binding arbitration with the union, and also that "the big guy on top" has his sight on breaking the union. "This confirms what we already knew. There is one insurmountable barrier to settlement - the intractable position of Telus CEO Darren Entwistle,” said TWU vice-president...