Telus and its union reach a deal; Telus TV may launch before Christmas

VANCOUVER - Telus and the Telecommunications Workers Union announced this evening that they have reached a settlement agreement, ending a strike that began July 21st. The “memorandum of settlement” contains the terms of the five-year collective agreement that will now be submitted to TWU members for ratification. The TWU is recommending its members accept the agreement. Details of the deal were not released. “Subject to ratification, this memorandum of settlement concludes the five-year process of merging six separate collective agreements into one,” says the press release. “The tentative contract covers a national bargaining unit of approximately 14,000 employees, predominantly located...