Telus SQET members ratify contract

RIMOUSKI, Que. – Members of the SQET union working at Telus in Quebec have ratified the tentative agreement reached with the company on July 6. The Syndicat québécois des employé-e-s de Telus (SQET), Local 5044 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE-FTQ), representing approximately 1,000 of the company’s 3,800 team members in Quebec, accepted the deal that gives them improved pay and benefits. Among items in the three-year deal is a new variable pay scheme tied to the company’s success, which will provide up to 3% of basic salary in 2007, 4% in 2008, and 5% in 2009. All...